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Minister of the Environment
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Date of Birth: 21 August 1971 Place of Birth: Omi-Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Political Party: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Member of the House of Representatives |
| 1995 | BA in Faculty of Law, Kyoto University |
| 2011 | Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Nuclear Power Policy and Administration (Noda Cabinet) |
| 2011 | Minister of the Environment Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident Minister of State for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage (Noda Cabinet) |
| 2011 | Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety Minister of state for the Corporation in support of Compensation for Nuclear Damage Minister for Power Saving Promotion Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accident (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) |
| 2011 | Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, covering social security and taxation reform and parliamentary issues (since March, covering the TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident). (2nd Reshuffled Kan Cabinet) |
| 2009 | Re-elected (4th term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Appointed as DPJ's Deputy Secretary General (later Acting Secretary General), Chairman of DPJ's Organization Committee and Corporate Issues Committee. |
| 2005 | Re-elected (3rd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency). Acted as Director of the DPJ Executives Office. |
| 2003 | Re-elected (2nd term: Shizuoka-5 constituency) |
| 2000 | Elected as a DPJ's Member of the House of Representatives (1st term: Shizuoka-7 constituency) |
| 1995 | Sanwa Research and Consulting (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting) |
