is a Japanese politician and former
governor of
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, elected from 2007 to 2019. He is a graduate of the
University of Tokyo and former official of the
Ministry of Finance.
References
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University of Tokyo alumni
People from Shimane Prefecture
1946 births
Living people
Governors of Shimane Prefecture
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