is a Japanese attorney who previously served as a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature), representing the 4th District of

Saitama prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...

. He is a native of Nagasaki Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo. He worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1969 to 1973 and then resigned to undergo training as an attorney at the

Legal Research and Training Institute The Legal Research and Training Institute (司法研修所 ''Shihō-kenshū-jo'') is operated by the Supreme Court of Japan for the purposes of judicial research and training of new attorneys, prosecutors and judges. It is located in the city of ...

, beginning private law practice in 1975. In the 2003 general election, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time, after running unsuccessfully in

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and

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. He represented the 4th District of

, which includes the cities of Asaka and Shiki. He served as Justice Parliamentary Secretary under Prime Minister Taro Aso. In February 2009 he announced that he would resign as "an expression of my will for independence" amid an internal revolt against the unpopular prime minister, but retracted his announcement shortly thereafter. He lost his Diet seat in the 2009 general election and thereafter resumed law practice.

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* in Japanese. 1945 births Living people Politicians from Nagasaki Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni 20th-century Japanese lawyers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese lawyers {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub