is a Japanese
politician of the
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet (national legislature). A native of
Higashiosaka, Osaka and graduate of
Kansai University he was elected to the assembly of
Osaka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...
for the first time in 1975. In 1993 he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives as a member of the LDP. He ran again in 1996, this time as a member of the now-defunct
New Frontier Party, and was elected for the first time. He later joined the LDP.
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1940 births
Living people
People from Higashiōsaka
Kansai University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians
20th-century Japanese politicians
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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