Mr. Keiji Furuya is a senior member of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party, having served ten consecutive terms in the House of Representatives since 1990. He has also served as Chairman of Japan's Parliamentary Japan-Taiwan Commission since March 2018, while also serving as Chairman of the Japan-Pacific Islands Countries' Parliamentary Friendship Association and the Japan-Malaysia Parliamentary Friendship Association. He was the former Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in the 2nd Abe Cabinet.

He graduated from Faculty of Economics of Seikei University in May 1976.