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Tokyo 24th District
Tokyo 24th district 東京都第24区 (Tōkyō-to dai 24-ku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in western Tokyo and consists much of Hachiōji City. The seat is held by Kōichi Hagiuda, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather .... As of September 2022, 382,675 voters were registered in the district. Areas Covered The district underwent redistricting on 2017 and 2022, after revisions of the Public Offices Election Law. Current Areas (2022–present) * Hachiōji Areas from 2017–2022 * Hachiōji Areas from 1996–2017 * All of Hachiōji List of Representatives Election Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was moved to Edo, which was renamed "Tokyo" (). Tokyo was devastate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukihiko Akutsu
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Biography A native of Tokyo and graduate of George Washington University, he started his career in 1993 working for the political campaign of the New Party Sakigake alongside future Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Akutsu joined the formation of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996. He ran under their ticket in the 1996 general election as a candidate for Tokyo 24th district, but lost. In 2000, he ran and won the race for Tokyo-24th and entered the Diet for the first time. He lost the district race in the 2003 election, but was re-elected through the Tokyo proportional representation block. In 2005, he ran as candidate for the Tokyo prefectural elections but lost. In 2009, he returned to the Diet but lost his seat in the 2012 elections. After running unsuccessfully in 2014, Akutsu was elected back to the Diet after being elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiko Asakura
Reiko (れいこ, レイコ, 麗子, 怜子, 伶子, 玲子, 令子, 礼子, 禮子, 冷子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese women's basketball player *Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), an American actress *, J-pop idol *, Japanese actress * Reiko Douglas (Hashimoto) Japanese singer and comic, wife of Emmy-winning comedy writer Jack Douglas *, Japanese sprinter *Reiko Fujita (born 1972), Japanese archer *, Japanese av actress *, Japanese table tennis player *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese actress *Reiko Katsura, an actor *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese figure skater and coach *, Japanese Go player *, a Japanese singer with the group Maher Shalal Hash Baz *, Japanese chemist and professor at University of Tokyo *, Japanese actress *, Japanese mathematician and professor *, Japanese shōjo manga artist *, Japanese novelist and playwright *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese swimmer, bronze medalist in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honoka Yoshikawa
is a Japanese TV personality, actress, writer and former adult video (AV) performer who retired from the AV industry in 2008. Life and career Honoka was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. She is a licensed practical nurse and has appeared as a race queen at the 2004 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race (July 2004). She plays the guitar, enjoys swimming and volleyball, going to Kabuki theatre and walking her dog. Like fellow AV Idols Sora Aoi and Nana Natsume, she has been able to combine a career as an AV actress with mainstream movie and TV appearances. Before she started in AV, Honoka had a small role as a Gynoid secretary in the TV Tokyo cosplay drama ''The Ultimate Venus Angel Healing Force'' (究極癒し戦隊ヴィーナスエンジェル) which she was in from February 16 to March 29, 2004. AV actress Honoka began her adult video career in June 2004 with ''Bud'' for the Try-Heart Corporation on their Sexia label. She made several more videos with Try-Heart over the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
