Hidehisa Otsuji

Hidehisa Otsuji
尾辻 秀久
Official portrait, 2004
President of the House of Councillors
In office
3 August 2022 – 11 November 2024
Preceded byAkiko Santo
Succeeded byMasakazu Sekiguchi
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office
30 July 2010 – 26 December 2012
PresidentTakeo Nishioka
Kenji Hirata
Preceded byAkiko Santō
Succeeded byMasaaki Yamazaki
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
27 September 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byChikara Sakaguchi
Succeeded byJirō Kawasaki
Member of the House of Councillors
Assumed office
24 July 1989
ConstituencyNational PR
(1989-2013)
Kagoshima at-large
(2013-present)
Personal details
Born (1940-10-02) 2 October 1940 (age 84)
Kaseda, Kagoshima, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Hidehisa Otsuji (尾辻 秀久, Otsuji Hidehisa, born October 2, 1940) is a Japanese politician who served as the President of the House of Councillors from 2022 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1989, serving as Vice President of the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2012 and as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2004 to 2005.


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