| September 2006 | Appointed Minister of Justice
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| October 2005 | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
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| September 2005 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives for the sixth time at the 44th election of the House
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| April 2005 | Director of the Joint Meeting of Both Houses on the Reform of the Pension and Other Social Security Systems
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| October 2004 | Chief Deputy Chairman of the Policy Research Council
(Health, Labour and Welfare)
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| November 2003 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives for the fifth time at the 43rd election of the House
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| February 2002 | Chief Director of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare in the
House of Representatives
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| May 2001 | Deputy Chairman of the Policy Research Council
(Health, Labour and Welfare Affairs)
Director, Labour Administration Division (LDP)
Director of the Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House
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| January 2001 | Appointed Senior Vice-Minister of Justice in the 2nd Mori Cabinet
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| December 2000 | Appointed Senior State Secretary for Justice in the 2nd Mori Cabinet
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| July 2000 | Chairman of the Standing Committee on Judicial Affairs of the House
Director, Labour Administration Division (LDP)
Chairman, Federation of Toyama Liberal Democratic Party Branches
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| June 2000 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives for the fourth time at the 42nd election of the House
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| April 2000 | Appointed Senior State Secretary for Labour in the Mori Cabinet
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| October 1999 | Appointed Senior State Secretary for Labour in the Obuchi Cabinet
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| August 1998 | Deputy Secretary-General of the LDP
Chief Director of the Committee on Health and Welfare in the House of Representatives
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| September 1997 | Director, Labour Administration Division (LDP)
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| November 1996 | Chairman of the Social Affairs Division (LDP)
Director of the Standing Committee on Health and Welfare in the House
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| November 1996 | Chairman of the Social Affairs Division (LDP)
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| October 1996 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives for the third time at the 41st election of the House
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| January 1996 | Director, Environment Division (LDP)
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| August 1995 | State Secretary for Health and Welfare in the 2nd Murayama Cabinet (Vacated Office of State Secretary for Health and Welfare, Jan. 1996)
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| July 1994 | Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
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| July 1993 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives for the second time at the 40th election of the House
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| February 1990 | Elected Member of the House of Representatives for the first time at the 39th election of the House
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| February 1988 | Resigned from the same Ministry
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| June 1986 | Director, Labour Relations Bureau, Labour Legislation Division of the Ministry of Labour
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| January 1984 | Director, Employment Security Bureau, Measures for the Aged
Department, Employment Measures Division of the Ministry of Labour
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| November 1982 | Secretary to the Minister of Labour |
| April 1966 | Entered the service of the Ministry of Labour |
