Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment

Education

1989

Meiji University dropout

Career

2007

Gunma Prefectural Assembly Elected for the first time

2011

Gunma Prefectural Assembly Elected twice

2012

Elected to the House of Representative (HOR) for the first time (46^th Election)
Member of the Committee of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law, HOR

2013

Member of the Committee on Security, HOR
Member of the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Disasters, HOR

2015

Member of the Committee on Security, HOR
Member of the Committee on Environment, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on Disasters, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on the Legislation for Peace and Security of Japan and the International Community, HOR

2016

Member of the Committee on Security, HOR
Member of the Committee on Rules and Administration, HOR
Member of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, HOR
Member of Political Ethics Hearing Committee, LDP
Member of the Special Committee on Disasters, HOR
Director of the Special Committee on TPP, HOR
Deputy Director, Environment Division, LDP
Deputy Director, Agriculture and Forestry Division, LDP
Meeting Presider of the Committee on Rules and Administration, HOR

2017

Meeting Presider of the Committee on Rules and Administration, HOR
Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HOR
Member of the Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, HOR
Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Deputy Director, Environment Division, LDP
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (The Third Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (The Fourth Abe Cabinet)

Education

1994

Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Law

2003

Graduated the master's program at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Career

1994

Joined the Industrial Bank of Japan

2000

Resigned from the Industrial Bank of Japan

2003

Secretary to Tsutomu Takebe, a member of the House of Representatives

2004

Secretary to the secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party（LDP）

2012

Chief of the LDP Party Branch in Hokkaido 12
First elected to the House of Representatives

2014

Elected to the House of Representatives (2^nd time)

2017

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (The Third Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (The Third Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)
Elected to the House of Representatives (3^rd time)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment (The Fourth Abe Cabinet)
Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (The Fourth Abe Cabinet)

Hobbies

Sports (Kendo 2-dan), Taking my dog for a walk

Family

Wife, son, two daughters, a dog named Marron

Favorite word

The state cannot function without people's trust in the government.