| September 2006 | Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
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| November 2005 | Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives
Chairman, Research Commission on Telecommunications, Liberal Democratic Party
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| September 2005 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (6th term)
Chief Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Acting Chairman, Research Commission on Telecommunications, LDP Member, Committee on Land and Transport
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| October 2004 | Chief Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Member, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
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| November 2003 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (5th term)
Chairman, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Highways, LDP
Deputy Chairman, Member of Research Commission on Telecommunications, LDP
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| October 2002 | Chief Director, Committee on Rules and Administration
Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Director, Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
Member, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
Deputy Chairman, Select Commission on the e-Japan Priority Policy Program, LDP
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| January 2002 | Senior Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
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| May 2001 | Director, Committee on Rules and Administration
Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Member, Committee on Land and Transport
Member, Special Committee on Disasters
Member, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
Member, Research Commission on the Constitution
Member, Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
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| December 2000 | Director, Committee on Rules and Administration
Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
Vice-Chairman, Political Reform Headquarters, LDP
Director, Deliberative Council on Political Ethics
Member, Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications
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| July 2000 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Member, Committee on Communications
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| June 2000 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (4th term)
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| October 1999 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Director, Construction Division, LDP
Director, Committee on Construction
Member, Special Committee on Disasters
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| August 1998 | Chief Director, Committee on Construction
Member, Special Committee on Financial Stabilization
Member, Committee on Education and Culture
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| July 1998 | Deputy Director, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
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| September 1997 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
Director, Special Committee on Fiscal Structure Reform
Director, Committee on Construction
Member, Committee on Education and Culture
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| November 1996 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
Member, Committee on Education and Culture
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| October 1996 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (3rd term)
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| January 1996 | Director, Committee on Judicial Affairs
Director, Committee on Fiscal Affairs
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| August 1995 | Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance
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| July 1994 | Deputy Secretary-General, LDP
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| August 1993 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives (2nd term)
Deputy Director, Communications Division, LDP
Deputy Director, Construction Division, LDP
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| November 1991 | Director, Committee on Communications
Director, Committee on Education and Culture
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| January 1991 | Director, Committee on Science and Technology
Director, Special Committee on Land Problems and Related Matters
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| March 1990 | Member, Committee on Communications
Member, Committee on Education and Culture
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| February 1990 | Elected to the House of Representatives (1st term) |
| May 1986 | Secretary for the Minister of Finance |
