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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Born on October 23, 1945 in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture
| Non-political career | |
|---|---|
| Mar. 1971 | Graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, Kobe University |
| Apr. 1971 | Joined Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (now Toyota Motor Corporation) |
| Sep. 1982 | General Secretary, No.2 Organization Bureau, Federation of All Toyota Workers’ Unions |
| Sep. 1991 | Vice-President, Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers’ Unions |
| Career as a Diet member | |
|---|---|
| Jul. 1992 | Elected for the first time to the House of Councilors [H.C.] (Democratic Socialist Party, proportional representation [PR]) |
| Jan. 1995 | Director, the H.C. Committee on Rules and Administration |
| Jun. 1996 | Chair, the H.C. Committee on Transport |
| Jul. 1998 | Reelected to the H.C. (Democratic Party of Japan [DPJ], PR) |
| Jul. 2004 | Elected for the third time to the H.C. (DPJ, PR) |
| Sep. 2005 | Chief Director, the H.C. Committee on Audit |
| Apr. 2006 | Chief Director, Special Committee on Administrative Reform |
| Sep. 2009 | Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| Party career | |
|---|---|
| Aug. 2000 | Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ Caucus in the House of Councilors |
| Aug. 2001 | Secretary General, DPJ Caucus in the House of Councilors |
| Sep. 2004 | Minister of State for Regulatory Reform and Industrial Revitalization of the “Next Cabinet” |
| Sep. 2005 | Chair, Research Committee on Audit & Oversight of Administration |
| Sep. 2007 | Chair, Policy Research Committee |
