Born:
July 15, 1952, in Hyogo Prefecture

Education:
BA in Sociology, Cairo University (October 1976)
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■Career:
July 2016
Elected Governor of Tokyo

October 2011
Director, Committee on Budget, House of Representatives

September 2010
Chairperson, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party

July 2007
Minister of Defense

September 2006
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for National Security Affairs

September 2004
Minister of the Environment and Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs

September 2003
Minister of the Environment

July 1993
Member of the House of Representatives

July 1992
Member of the House of Councillors