Mitsuru SakuraiMitsuru Sakurai is a Japanese politician formerly of the Democratic [Party of Japan] and is now a member of the Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.WWW Official Site𝕏 DrSakuraiFB drsakuraimitsuruYT UCDnj0etcxHigXKsC2NM2SSgOverviewA native of Sendai, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo Medical and [Dental University] as an undergraduate and received a Ph.D. in medicine from Tohoku University. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. He was made Deputy Treasury Minister in 2010.