is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Nagasaki and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving in the assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1999 to 2003. References External links Official website in Japanese. Living people 1963 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 21st-century Japanese politicians