State Minister of the Environment

Education

1980:

Undergraduate Degree, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law

Career

1980:

Joined the former Ministry of Home Affairs (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

1998:

Director-General, Administration Department, Saitama Prefecture

2000:

Counsellor, Committee for the Promotion of Decentralization, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

2001:

Director, Disaster Management Division of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

2006:

Counsellor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

2010:

Professor, Department of Local Autonomy, Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University

2012:

First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(46^th general election)

2014:

Second Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(47^th general election)

2016:

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office, and of the Ministry of Reconstruction (Second Reshuffled Third Abe Cabinet)

2017:

Third Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(48^th general election)
Member, Committee on Environment, House of Representatives
Member, Commission on the Constitution, House of Representatives

2020:

Member, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives

2021:

State Minister of the Environment (First Kishida Cabinet)
Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Nagano District 2
(49^th General Election)

Hobbies:

Walking around the city, skiing, tennis, Go (board game)

Personal motto:

Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur (Japanese idiom).

Education

1995:

Undergraduate Degree, Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics

Career

1995:

Joined Suzuki Motor Corporation

1999:

First Election as Member of Hamamatsu City Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture

2005:

Accredited SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) Consultant

2007:

First Election as Member of Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture

2011:

Second Election as Member of Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly, Shizuoka Prefecture

2012:

First Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(46^th General Election)

2014:

Member, Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives
Second Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(47^th General Election)

2015:

Member, Special Committee for Regional Revitalization, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, House of Representatives
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance (Third Reshuffled Abe Cabinet)

2016:

Member, Committee on Financial Affairs, House of Representatives
Member, Committee on Cabinet, House of Representatives
Member, Special Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives
Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)
Deputy Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP)

2017:

Third Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(48^th General Election)

2021:

State Minister of the Environment (First Kishida Cabinet)
Fourth Election as Member of the House of Representatives, Shiga District 1
(49^th General Election)

Hobbies:

Traveling, Automobiles/Mechanics, Insect hunting

Personal motto:

Fortune comes in at the merry gate