is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of

Setagaya, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood and administrative district within the ward. The ward calls itself Setagaya City in English. Its official bird is the azure-winged magpie, its flower is the fringed orch ...

, he graduated from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

with a degree in economics in March 1986 and from

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in France in June 1991. He also received a master's degree in the history of foreign affairs in Japanese politics from the University of Tokyo in March 2005. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after running unsuccessfully in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

Career

* Banker * 5 times elected to the House of Representatives (constituency: Tokyo Proportional - Tokyo 6 ) * State Minister of Cabinet Office * Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office * Member, Committee on Cabinet, HR * Areas of interest: fiscal and monetary policy, economic growth strategy, Foreign Affairs and national security

Honours

* : Grand Officer of the

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(29 October 2014)Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea
- website of the Dutch Royal House

References

* * Profile on LDP website

External links

* in Japanese. 1964 births Living people People from Setagaya Keio University alumni University of Tokyo alumni ESSEC Business School alumni Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub