is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Onga, Fukuoka is a town located in Onga District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2016, the town has an estimated population of 18,762 and a density of 850 persons per km2. The total area is 22.15 km2. The Onga river A river is a natural flo ...

, he attended

Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...

and Dag Hammarskjöld College in the United States, and received a master's degree from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

in Canada. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. He participated in the formation of the

New Party Sakigake The , also known as the New Harbinger Party, was a political party in Japan that broke away from the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on 22 June 1993. The party was created by Masayoshi Takemura. The party was centrist, and had many reformist an ...

in 1993 but later returned to the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Rintaro Ogata. Representative Mihara was re-elected in 2012 to the Fukuoka Prefectural 9th district. He is a member of the Party Ethics and Fundamental National Policies Committees as well as the Director of the Special Committee on Promotion of Science and Technology, and Innovation. In 2004, Mihara received political donations of ¥ 300,000 from organizations related to the

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. Mihara is a member of the Diet groups of

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, an openly revisionist lobby,Nippon Kaigi website and Shintō Seiji Renmei, a fundamentalist Shintō lobby.

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(in Japanese) 1947 births Living people Politicians from Fukuoka Prefecture Hitotsubashi University alumni Carleton University alumni Members of Nippon Kaigi Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) New Party Sakigake politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub