1964, graduate, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University; 1970, studies at Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley. 1987, Director-General, General Affairs Department, Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation; 1989, Director, General Affairs Division, River Bureau, Ministry of Construction; 1991, Councillor to the Minister's Secretariat, National Land Agency; 1996, first elected as Member of the House of Representatives (HR); 2000, Director, Standing Committee on Construction, HR; 2001, Parliamentary Director-General, International Bureau, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP); Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry; 2002, Deputy Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, Policy Research Council, LDP; 2003, Parliamentary Secretary, Health, Labour and Welfare; 2004, Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee; Member, General Council, LDP; 2005, re-elected to HR; Director, Committee on Rules and Administration; Secretary-General, Davos Diet Members' Caucus, National Diet of Japan. Fo