is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives.
Early life Goto is a native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University 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 Democratic Party of Japan 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 Liberal Democratic Party, he was selected to become Economic Revitalization Minister in October 2022 upon the cabinet resignation of Daishiro Yamagiwa. Goto previously served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from October 2021 to August 2022.
Election history Election Age District Political party Number of votes election results1996 Japanese general election40Nagano 4th districtNFP65,009lost2000 Japanese general election44Nagano 4th districtDPJ78,397winning2003 Japanese general election47Nagano 4th districtLDP70,618winning2005 Japanese general election49Nagano 4th districtLDP87,859winning2009 Japanese general election53Nagano 4th districtLDP63,118lost2012 Japanese general election57Nagano 4th districtLDP68,083winning2014 Japanese general election59Nagano 4th districtLDP63,121winning2017 Japanese general election61Nagano 4th districtLDP68,673winning2021 Japanese general election65Nagano 4th districtLDP86,962winning2024 Japanese general election 68Nagano 4th districtLDP75,713winning
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External links Official website in Japanese.