1977, graduate, Political Department of Economics, Waseda University; 1979, graduate Law Department, Chuo University; 1986, Private Secretary to Minister of International Trade and Industry; 1992, Private Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs; 1996, 2000, 2003, 2005, elected to House of Representatives; 2000, Chief Secretary, Research Commission on Finance and Banking; 2004, Acting Director-General, International Bureau; LDP Acting Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters, LDP; 2006, Senior Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office; Minister of State for Regulatory Reform; 2005, Manager, Research Commission on the Tax System, Liberal Democratic Party; since 2007, current position.