In July 1998 he was appointed to be the Minister of State for the National Land Agency by Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi, and became the Minister of State for Financial Reconstruction in October of that year. He was the Minister of State and Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission from December 1998 to October 1999. He then reprised that role from December 2000 to January 2001.
He was appointed as a senior government official in July 1998 by Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi, taking on responsibilities for the National Land Agency. Later that year, he assumed leadership of the Financial Reconstruction Commission and held this position until October 1999, before returning to it from December 2000 to January 2001.