Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
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Member of the House of Representatives (eleventh term, the 1st electoral district of Mie prefecture) Date of Birth: June 10, 1942 (67 yrs.) Place of Birth: Changchun, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China |
| March 1969: | Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University |
| Jan. 2010: | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for Disaster Management Minister of State for the Abduction Issue (Hatoyama Cabinet) |
| Sep. 2009: | Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister of State for the Abduction Issue (Hatoyama Cabinet) |
| Oct. 2006: | The DPJ's first chairman of the special committee on the Fundamental Law of Education |
| Sep. 2006: | Chairman of the DPJ's standing officers' council |
| Dec. 2005: | Director of the DPJ's abduction issue strategy headquarters |
| Jun. 2005: | First chairman of the Lower House special committee on postal service privatization |
| May 2005: | Received the Longevity Service Award (25 years) from the House of Representatives |
| Dec. 2003: | Vice President of the Democratic Party of Japan |
| Sep. 2003: | Merged with the Democratic Party of Japan |
| Oct. 2002: | Vice President of the Liberal Party |
| Jan. 2000: | Chairman of the committee on the relocation of the National Diet and related organizations |
| Jan. 1998: | Participated in forming the Liberal Party; Successively acted as the Liberal Party's executive secretary, Public Relations chief, and Chairman of the organization committee |
| Dec. 1997: | The New Frontier Party dissolved |
| Jan. 1996: | Successively acted as the NFP's first vice-president of the diet affairs committee, and Chairman of the Lower House steering committee |
| Dec. 1994: | The Democratic Socialist Party dissolved; Participated in forming the New Frontier Party Served as Minister in charge of administrative and regulatory reforms for the NFP's "Tomorrow Cabinet" |
| May 1994: | Justice Minister (Hata Cabinet) |
| Aug. 1993: | Chairman of the commerce and industry committee of the House of Representatives (Hosokawa Cabinet) |
| Feb. 1990: | Returned to the political world and elected five consecutive terms since his election victory |
| Dec. 1976: | Elected four consecutive terms since his first election victory in a general election at the age of 34 (Democratic Socialist Party) Successively acted as the DSP's Deputy Secretary General, Chairman of the Election Campaign Committee, and Representative of Mie prefectural chapter during that period |
Personal Motto: Work now, play later.
Hobbies: Reading and Watching sports
Family: A son and a daughter