Aomori 1st district (青森県第1区, ''Aomori-ken dai-ikku'' or simply 青森1区, ''Aomori-ikku'') is a single-member constituency of the
House of Representatives
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in the national
Diet of Japan
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. It is located in Northern
Aomori
is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...
and covers the cities of
Aomori
is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...
,
Mutsu and the
Higashitsugaru and
Kitatsugaru districts along with the northern half of the
Kamikita District.
Before the introduction of parallel voting and single-member districts, Aomori city and East Tsugaru county had been part of the four-member
Aomori 1st district.
Aomori is a "conservative kingdom", a Liberal Democratic stronghold; but in the landslide 2009 election
Hokuto Yokoyama
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D in political science ...
, center-left supported gubernatorial candidate in 2003, could win the 1st district and became the first Democrat to win a district in Aomori by beating Jun Tsushima from the Tsushima writer-politician dynasty from
Kanagi town (in present-day Goshogawara). Tsushima had tried to succeed his retiring father, LDP faction leader
Yūji Tsushima
is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
He was born in Tokyo Prefecture as Yuji Shima and adopted his mother's family name at age 3, ...
. Other members of the family included Representative, Councillor and Governor
Bunji Tsushima Bunji or Bunji-ye may refer to:
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(Seiyūkai/LDP – Aomori), Representative
Kichirō Tazawa
was a Japanese politician. He held different cabinet posts and served as defense minister from 1988 to 1989.
Early life
Tazawa was born in 1918. He was a native of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture.
Career
Tazawa was a member of the Liberal Democ ...
(LDP – Aomori), Representative
Kyōichi Tsushima
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(LDP/DPJ – Tōhoku), Representative, Peer and Kanagi mayor
Gen'emon Tsushima (Seiyūkai – Aomori), Kanagi mayor Eiji Tsushima and writers Shūji Tsushima (
Osamu Dazai
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),
Yūko Tsushima
Satoko Tsushima (30 March 1947 – 18 February 2016), known by her pen name Yūko Tsushima (津島 佑子 ''Tsushima Yūko''), was a Japanese fiction writer, essayist and critic. Tsushima won many of Japan's top literary prizes in her career, i ...
,
Shizuko Ōta
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible spellings
Shizuko can be written in hiragana, katakana, kanji, or with a combination of kana and kanji.
* , spelled with hiragana and kanji
* , spelled with katakana and kanji
* , "quiet/calm, child"
* ...
and
Haruko Ōta. The second "inheritance" attempt in 2012 was successful.
List of representatives
Election results
References
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Aomori Prefecture
Districts of the House of Representatives (Japan)