[2] Kimura was elected to the House of Representatives for 12 times as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

[3] His other posts include director-general of the economic planning agency and deputy chief cabinet secretary.

[2] Kimura visited Africa in late October and early November 1974 which initiated a cooperation between African countries and Japan.

[8] His Africa visit included Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Tanzania, and Egypt.

[2] He died of a heart attack at a hospital in Tokyo on 1 December 1983 at age 74.