Oct 2012:

Present Position
(3rd Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)

June 2012:

Present Position
(2nd Reshuffled Noda Cabinet)

Sept. 2011:

Senior Vice-Minister of Justice
(Noda Cabinet)

Jan. 2011:

Senior Director of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, House of Representatives

Sept. 2010:

Chairman of the Administration Committee, Democratic Party of Japan

Sept. 2009:

Chairman of the Committee on Judicial Affairs, House of Representatives

Aug. 2009:

Re-elected as a Member of the House of Representatives

Sept. 2004:

Senior Vice-Minister of Justice (- 2005)

Jan. 2001:

Parliamentary Secretary of Internal Affairs and Communications (- 2002)

Oct. 1996:

Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives

Jan. 1995:

Commissioner of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs*

Jan. 1993:

Director-General of the Local Tax Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs*

April 1981:

Vice Governor, Nara Prefectural Government

April 1978:

Director of General Affairs Department, Nara Prefectural Government

April 1962:

Entered the Ministry of Home Affairs*

Mar. 1962:

Graduated from Tokyo University (Faculty of Law)