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

New Komeito Party , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...

, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of

Tanno, Hokkaidō was a town located in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture (now Okhotsk Subprefecture), Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 5,425 and a density of 33 persons per km2. The total area was 163.50 km2. The ...

, he graduated from

Kitami Institute of Technology is a national university in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded as the Kitami Junior College of Technology on 6 January 1960, it was chartered as a university (Kitami Institute of Technology) on 6 January 1966. In 2004, it became part of the Nation ...

and received a Ph.D. from Hokkaido University. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 as a member of the New Frontier Party. He has served as the Deputy Minister of the Environment and Deputy Secretary General of the

Komeito Party , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coaliti ...

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* in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1947 births New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians 20th-century Japanese politicians New Komeito politicians Hokkaido University alumni {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub