Kiyomi Tsujimoto Akihiro Ohata Koichi Watanabe and Toshihiko Sumino 20110705

is a Japanese

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of the

Democratic Party of Japan 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 Part ...

, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 122,478 and a density of 284 persons per km2. The total area is 431.44 km2. Towns and villages *Ibaraki * Ōarai * Shirosato Merge ...

, he attended the

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as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the assembly of

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

where he served for one term and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the

Japan Socialist Party The was a socialist and progressive political party in Japan that existed from 1945 to 1996. The party was founded as the Social Democratic Party of Japan by members of several proletarian parties that existed before World War II, including ...

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in Japanese. 1947 births Living people Politicians from Ibaraki Prefecture Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub