is a Japanese

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serving in the

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Early life

Goto is a native of

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and graduate of the

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, he joined the

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in 1980. He also received a master's degree from

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as a bureaucrat.

Political career

Goto left the ministry in 1995, and ran unsuccessfully for the Nagano 4th constituency seat in the House of Representatives in the 1996 election as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the

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and was elected for the first time. Goto lost his seat to Kōji Yazaki in the 2009 general election, but reclaimed it once more in 2012, and has continued to hold it since, most recently winning reelection in 2024. A member of the

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, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of

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. Goto previously served as

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from October 2021 to August 2022.

Election history

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Living people 1955 births People from Minato, Tokyo Politicians from Tokyo Members of the House of Representatives from Tokyo New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Ministers of health, labour and welfare of Japan University of Tokyo alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017 {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub