is a Japanese

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formerly of the

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and is now a member of the

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. He is a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Overview

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A native of

Sendai, Miyagi is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, making it the twelfth most populated city in Japan. The modern city was founded in 1600 by th ...

, he attended

Tokyo Medical and Dental University was a public university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. Established in 1928, Tokyo Medical and Dental University was the oldest national schoo ...

as an undergraduate and received a Ph.D. in medicine from

Tohoku University is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as or . Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it initially focused on sc ...

. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He was made Deputy

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Minister in 2010.

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Tokyo Medical and Dental University alumni Tohoku University alumni Living people 1956 births People from Sendai Democratic Party of Japan politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub