was a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

and graduate of

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, he was elected to the first of his three terms in

Aichi Prefectural Assembly The is the legislative assembly of Aichi Prefecture. Its 103 members are elected in 57 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV) to four-year terms. The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, voting o ...

in 1987 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. He was defeated in the 2009 election by

Kazuyoshi Morimoto Kazuyoshi (written: 和良, 和美, 和喜, 和佳, 和慶, 和義, 和嘉, 和幸, 知良, 一義, 一吉, 一良, 一慶, 一巖 or 一嘉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese politician *, Japan ...

of the Democratic Party of Japan.

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in Japanese. Living people 1947 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly Nagoya University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub