is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of Kanazawa, Ishikawa and graduate of the

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, he had worked at Hokkoku Shimbun, a regional newspaper in Kanazawa since 1989 and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture since 2002. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He is the Minister in charge for regional revitalization under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the reshuffled

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as of 10 August 2022.

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* in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1962 births People from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub