is a

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and the current

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Hiroshima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2,811,410 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 8,479 km² (3,274 sq mi). Hiroshima Prefecture borders Okayama ...

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Early life and education

Yuzaki was born October 4, 1965 in

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. He received his B.L. degree from the

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in 1990 and his

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from the

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School of Business in 1995. Yuzaki's paid job was as a part-time teacher at an after-school program to help students pass their admissions exams.

Political career

Yuzaki served in the

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before running for

of the

. He was elected governor of the Hiroshima Prefecture on November 8, 2009 as the candidate of the member of the

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(LDP). Yuzaki has identified cultivating a culture of

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in Hiroshima as a top priority in his political career. As governor of Hiroshima, he tried to forge new initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament. On November 4, 2011, he announced a new plan to formulate a road map for nuclear abolition through the cooperation of former government officials. The project is titled ''Hiroshima for Global Peace''. In the same month, he visited

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and met US

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member

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in order to enlist the cooperation of the US government. In the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, Yuzaki endorsed the campaign of

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Other activities

He is a member of the International Advisory Board at the

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at the

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. Yuzaki is known as an avid fan of American

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cuisine, which he states is a product of his education at Stanford.

References

External links

Official site

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