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Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1955.

Graduated from Tokyo University in 1979. Entered Ministry of Construction and sent to Oxford University to study abroad. After returning home, Ishii worked for Ministry of Construction Main Office and Kinki Regional Development Bureau and engaged in supervising duties, etc. of urban government administration, road administration, housing administration and construction business. In 1998, he was dispatched to Financial Reconstruction Commission to take charge of insolvency cases of financial institutions. After coming back, held posts at Director of Housing Policy Division, City Planning Division, Urban Policy Division and National and Regional Planning Bureau General Affairs Division, and since July, Ishii has been responsible for controlling overall policies as well as the new barrier-free law as Director of Policy Division in Policy Bureau.