| February 2008 | Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
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| September 2007 | Director of the Committee on Budget, HR
Chairman, Research Commission on Regional Rejuvenation, LDP
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| September 2006 | Chairman of the Committee on Financial Affairs, HR
Executive Assistant Secretary-General, LDP
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| November 2005 | Member of General Council, Liberal Democratic Party, LDP
Special adviser of Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
Chief Secretary, Fiscal Reform Council, LDP
Secretary General of Select Commission on the u-Japan, LDP
Chairman, Special Committee on@External Economic Cooperation, LDP
Senior Director of the Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration, HR
Member of the Committee on Financial Affairs, HR
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| September 2004 | Minister for Financial Services
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| September 2003 | Senior Vice Minister for Financial Services and for Economic and Fiscal Policy
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| October 2002 | Senior Vice Minister for Financial Services
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| January 2002 | Senior Director of Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR
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| June 2001 | Secretary-General of Select Commission on e-Japan Priority Policy Program, LDP
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| May 2001 | Director of the Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR
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| December 2000 | Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP
Secretary, Administration Reform Promotion Headquarters, LDP
Director of the Committee on Environment, HR
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| July 2000 | Parliamentary Undersecretary for International Trade and Industry
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| October 1999 | Acting Director, Science and Technology Division, LDP
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| October 1996 | Director of Committee on Commerce and Industry, HR
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| July 1993 | Elected for the first time to HR (now serving his third term)
Director of Committee on Commerce and Industry, HR
Member of Committee on Budget, HR
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| November 1988 | Secretary-General of Japan-U.S. Technology Exchange Conference (Alliance '90)
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| April 1987 | Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Public Policy and Administration, California State University
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| April 1984 | Entered Matsushita Institute of Government and Management
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