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Fumiaki Kobayashi (politician)
is a Japanese politician representing Hiroshima 7th district in the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet, for the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Kobayashi, a graduate of Eisū Gakkan High School in Fukuyama, Hiroshima and Sophia University in Chiyoda, Tokyo, entered into the service of telecommunications company NTT DoCoMo after his graduation in 2007. He worked for the company until 2012 when he entered national politics: He succeeded Yōichi Miyazawa as LDP candidate in Hiroshima 7th district (Fukuyama city) for the 2012 Japanese general election, 2012 general election of the House of Representatives. Miyazawa, the nephew and successor of former LDP president Kiichi Miyazawa, had lost the district in 2009, but ran successfully for the House of Councillors in 2010. In 2012, Kobayashi defeated Democratic Party (Japan, 1998), Democratic incumbent Takashi Wada by a solid margin and won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Councillors
The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or designation of the prime minister, the House of Representatives can insist on its decision. In other decisions, the House of Representatives can override a vote of the House of Councillors only by a two-thirds majority of members present. The House of Councillors has 248 members who each serve six-year terms, two years longer than those of the House of Representatives. Councillors must be at least 30 years old, compared with 25 years old in the House of Representatives. The House of Councillors cannot be dissolved, and terms are staggered so that only half of its membership is up for election every three years. Of the 121 members subject to election each time, 73 are elected from 45 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia University Alumni
Sophia means "wisdom" in Greek. It may refer to: *Sophia (wisdom) *Sophia (Gnosticism) *Sophia (given name) Places *Niulakita or Sophia, an island of Tuvalu *Sophia, Georgetown, a ward of Georgetown, Guyana *Sophia, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County *Sophia, West Virginia *Sofia, Bulgaria, the capital and largest city of Bulgaria Arts, entertainment and media Books and publications * ''Sophia'' (journal), a periodical about religious and theological philosophy * ''Sophia'' (novel) by Charlotte Lennox (1762) Music *Sophia (British band) *Sophia (Japanese band) * Sophia (singer) or Sophia Abrahão, pop singer from Brazil * ''Sophia'' (The Crüxshadows EP) * ''Sophia'' (Sophia Abrahão EP) * "Sophia" (Nerina Pallot song) * "Sophia" (Laura Marling song) *"Sophia", a song by Good Shoes from '' Think Before You Speak'' *"Sophia", a song by Laura Nyro from ''Mother's Spiritual'' *"Sophia", a song by Six Organs of Admittance from ''Dust and Chimes'' Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Fukuyama, Hiroshima
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Births
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryokufūkai (1947–60)
Ryokufūkai may refer to: *Ryokufūkai (1947–60) Ryokufūkai may refer to: * Ryokufūkai (1947–60), a defunct political party in Japan * Ryokufūkai (1964–65), a defunct political party in Japan {{disambiguation ..., a defunct political party in Japan * Ryokufūkai (1964–65), a defunct political party in Japan {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainichi Shimbun
The is one of the major newspapers in Japan, published by In addition to the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', which is printed twice a day in several local editions, Mainichi also operates an English language news website called ''The Mainichi'' (previously ''Mainichi Daily News''), and publishes a bilingual news magazine, ''Mainichi Weekly''. It also publishes paperbacks, books and other magazines, including a weekly news magazine, ''Sunday Mainichi''. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. The Sankei Shimbun and The ''Chunichi Shimbun'' are not currently in the position of a national newspaper despite a large circulation for the both respectively. History The history of the ''Mainichi Shinbun'' began with the founding of two papers during the Meiji period. The ''Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun'' was founded first, in 1872. The ''Mainichi'' claims that it is the oldest existing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masao Kobayashi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet Diet may refer to: Food * Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group * Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake ** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ... (national legislature). A native of Nakano, Tokyo and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. References * External links * in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1947 births Democratic Party of Japan politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Wada
is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings The name Takashi can have multiple different meanings depending on which kanji is used to write it. Some possible writings of the name include: *江詩 - "estuary , inlet, poem" *隆 - "prosperous noble" *喬士 - "high, boasting, samurai, gentleman" *峻 - "high, steep" *崇史 - "adore, revere, chronicler, history" *孝 - "filial piety, serve parents" *節 - "moral courage, integrity" *傑 - "hero, outstanding" Takashi can also be written in hiragana and/or katakana: *タカシ (katakana) *たかし (hiragana) People with the name *Takashi Abe (阿部 隆, born 1967), Japanese shogi player *, Japanese rugby union player *Takashi Amano (天野尚, 1954–2015), Japanese photographer, aquarist and designer *Takashi Aonishi (青西 高嗣), Japanese music artist *Takashi Asahina (朝比奈 隆, 1908–2001), Japanese conductor *, Japanese volleyball player *Takashi Fujii (藤井隆, born 1972), Japanese singer and comedian *Taka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)
The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Party of Japan, which was founded in September 1996 by politicians of the centre-right and centre-left with roots in the Liberal Democratic Party and Japan Socialist Party. In April 1998, the previous DPJ merged with splinters of the New Frontier Party to create a new party which retained the DPJ name. In 2003, the party was joined by the Liberal Party of Ichirō Ozawa. Following the 2009 election, the DPJ became the ruling party in the House of Representatives, defeating the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and gaining the largest number of seats in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. The DPJ was ousted from government by the LDP in the 2012 general election. It retained 57 seats in the lower house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiichi Miyazawa
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the National Diet of Japan for over 50 years. Early life and education Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, on 8 October 1919, as the eldest son of politician Yutaka Miyazawa and his wife Koto. His father was a member of the Diet, and his mother was the daughter of politician Ogawa Heikichi, who served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Railways. Following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, Miyazawa lived at his grandfather Ogawa Heikichi's villa Kasuian in Hiratsuka. At the time, his father Yutaka worked for Yamashita Kisen, whilst planning to move his political career from Hiroshima Prefecture to the National Diet. Miyazawa graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in law. Career In 1942, Miyazawa joined the Ministry of Finance, avoiding military service during World War II. While in the Ministry, he became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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