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Koizumi Children
is a popular Japanese political term for the 83 LDP members of the House of Representatives first elected in the 2005 general election. The Koizumi Children are loosely organized into a political association called . The term is a reference to then-prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, with whom the LDP success in the 2005 elections is closely associated. Some of the children were so-called 'assassins,' candidates hand-picked by Koizumi to defeat LDP party members who opposed his efforts at postal reform. As such, the children are popularly associated with Koizumi's reform-minded policies. Koichi Yamauchi, one of the children, has described the term as "essentially meaningless," arguing that differences among the group such as faction membership and personal background make any description of the children as a group problematic. In the following 2009 general election, only 10 of the 83 Koizumi Children were re-elected. The 2009 election saw a massive defeat for the ruling LDP a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Politics
Politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary constitutional monarchy, in which the Emperor is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet, which directs the executive branch. Legislative power is vested in the National Diet, which consists of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. The House of Representatives has eighteen standing committees ranging in size from 20 to 50 members and The House of Councillors has sixteen ranging from 10 to 45 members. Judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court and lower courts, and sovereignty is vested in by the 1947 Constitution, which was written during the Occupation of Japan primarily by American officials and had replaced the previous Meiji Constitution. Japan is considered a constitutional monarchy with a system of civil law. Politics in Japan in the post-war period has largely been dominated by the ruling Liberal D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Taira
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Edogawa, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ... he was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives from Tokyo Koizumi Children Waseda University alumni People from Edogawa, Tokyo 1967 births Living people Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taku Otsuka
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet (national legislature of Japan). He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. Personal and corporate backgrounds A native of Tokyo, he graduated from Keio University with the bachelor's degree in Political Science in March 1997. In April 1997, he got a job in The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (now The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ). After retiring from that in March 2003, he started managing real estate in order to earn studying in the United States and caring for his father. In July 2003, he participated in summer program of Stanford University. In June 2005, he received a master's degree in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States. He is married to Tamayo Marukawa (a member of the House of Councillors and former announcer of TV Asahi). Their wedding ceremony was held in Meiji Shrine , is a Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Ōtsuka
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka and graduate of Otemon Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. On January 18, 2021, 10 days after the declaration of state emergency due to COVID-19, Ōtsuka was spotted violating lockdown rules by visiting a restaurant and two hostess bars at night. After an attempted cover-up, he was eventually lead to resign from his Diet post, but remained as a lawmaker. LDP Profile * Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism * Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office * Member, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HR * Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HR * Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP * Deputy Director, Land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyuki Nakane
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kōnosu, Saitama he attended Nippon Sport Science University as an undergraduate and Senshu University is a private university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Campuses *Kanda, Tokyo, Kanda Campus (Main campus): 3-8 Kandajimbo-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-8425 :The Kanda Campus is situated in Jimbocho, a college community in central Tokyo. This urban ca ... as a graduate student. He was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after unsuccessfully running for mayor of his hometown Kōnosu in 2001. References * External links * in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children Nippon Sport Science University alumni Politicians from Saitama Prefecture Living people 1969 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotaro Nagasaki
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1991. He graduated from Cornell Law School in the United States while still in the ministry. In 2005 he left the ministry and was elected to the Diet for the first time. In 2019 he was elected governor of the Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the no ... with 49.7% votes in a single round. References * External links * in Japanese. 1968 births Living people People from Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni Cornell Law School alumni Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshitami Kameoka
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tochigi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University , abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902. The university has numerou ..., he was elected for the first time in 2005 after unsuccessful runs in 2000 and 2003. References * External links * in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children Waseda University alumni Politicians from Tochigi Prefecture Living people 1955 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Japanese baseball players Japanese sportsperson-politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideki Makihara
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo he attended the University of Tokyo and law school at Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ... in the United States. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children New York (state) lawyers Georgetown University Law Center alumni University of Tokyo alumni Politicians from Tokyo 1971 births Living people Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadahiko Ito
thumb is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly in 1999 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. See also * Koizumi Children is a popular Japanese political term for the 83 LDP members of the House of Representatives first elected in the 2005 general election. The Koizumi Children are loosely organized into a political association called . The term is a reference ... References * External links * in Japanese. 1964 births Living people People from Nagoya Waseda University alumni Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives from Aichi Prefecture Members of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirotaka Ishihara
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kanagawa Prefecture and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is the son of Shintaro Ishihara, former governor of Tokyo, and like his father affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi."日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。 See also * Koizumi Children is a popular Japanese political term for the 83 LDP members of the House of Representatives first elected in the 2005 general election. The Koizumi Children are loosely organized into a political association called . The term is a reference ... References * External links * . 1964 births Living people Politicians from Kanagawa Prefecture Keio University alumni Koizum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenji Harada
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Kenji may refer to: *Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and list of people & characters with this name *Kenji (era), a Japanese era spanned from 1275 to 1278 * ''Kenji'' (manga) (拳児), a 1980s manga by Matsuda Ryuchi * "Kenji" (song), a song on Fort Minor's 2005 album ''The Rising Tied'' *''Gyakuten Kenji'' or ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth'', a 2009 adventure video game *J. Kenji López-Alt, an American chef and food writer See also * Genji (other) Genji may refer to: *Genji (era), an era in Japanese history (1864–65) *Hikaru Genji, the main character of the 11th-century Japanese text ''The Tale of Genji'' *Genji, an alternative name for the Minamoto clan *Genji (woreda), a district of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineyuki Fukuda
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Overviews A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan. Rikkyo is known as one of the six leading universities in the field of sports in Tokyo (東京六大学 "Big Six" — Rikkyo University, University of ..., he was elected to the city assembly of Yokohama for the first time in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. References * External links Official websitein Japanese. Living people 1964 births Politicians from Yokohama Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Rikkyo University alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
