1979, graduate, Faculty of Engineering, Keio University. 1980, joined the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. Since 1986, Member of the House of Representatives; 1992, State Secretary for International Trade and Industry; 1995, Director, Commerce and Industry Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party; 1996, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives; 1997, chairman, Diet Affairs, LDP; 2001, Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP; since 2003, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.