is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Chiryū, Aichi and graduate of

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice (Japan), Minister of Justice, in 1889. ...

, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 after serving in the city assembly of Chiryū for one term and then the

Aichi Prefectural Assembly The is the legislative assembly of Aichi Prefecture. Its 103 members are elected in 57 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) to four-year terms. The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, voting o ...

Honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2018)

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* in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1948 births People from Chiryū Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Nihon University alumni Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Members of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly Japanese municipal councilors Politicians from Aichi Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub