・Education
1985 Graduated from CSE of ENA(France)
1982 Graduated from the Faculty of Law, The
University of Tokyo
・Career
2023- Acting Chairperson (senior) Policy Research
Council
2022- Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Chairperson, Research Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems
2019- Acting Chairperson, General Council, LDP
Chairperson, Special Committee on Foreign Workers, LDP
2018-2019
Minister of State for Regional Revitalization
Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Minister of State for Gender Equality
Minister in charge of Women's Empowerment Minister in charge of Regional
Revitalization
2016 Acting chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
2015 Vice-chairman, General Council, LDP
2014 Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, House of Councillors (HC)
2013 Director, Environment Division, LDP
2012 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
2010 Elected to the member of the House of Councillors
2005 Elected for the first time as a member of the 44th House of Representatives
(Shizuoka 7th District)
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2004 Budget Examiner, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance
2003 Director for Legal Affairs, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance
1989 Director, Kaita Regional Tax Office

Bill to ensure a safe and secure environment for women in women’s space
１．Background and Objectives
 In October 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that the provision that requires "the absence of
gonads or a permanent lack of gonad function" in the law that stipulates the conditions for
gender change in Japan is unconstitutional.
 In response to this, concerns have been raised that "men who identify themselves as
women may enter women's restrooms and commit crimes," and that "women's safety and
security may be at risk."
 In response to these concerns, we are considering submitting the bill to ensure a safe and
secure environment for women.
２．Outline of the bill
 For public baths and changing rooms etc., which are used by many people without wearing
clothes, measures will be taken by the relevant ministries and managers of such facilities,
regarding the separate use of facilities by men and women, based on the premise that men
and women are distinguished by physical characteristics.
 In facilities that are normally used by men and women separately, such as restrooms,
managers of such facilities will be required to make efforts to take necessary measures,
such as providing necessary equipments and patrols, to ensure a safe and secure
environment for women to use the facilities.