is a Japanese politician and member of the

Komeito , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalit ...

Party of Japan and former Senior Vice Minister for the Reconstruction Agency. He resigned in September 2017 after letting a female acquaintance use a housing complex reserved for lawmakers.

Early life

Nagasawa was born on August 19, 1958 in

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, and studied

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Political career

In 1983, Nagasawa joined the ''Komei Shimbun'', which was the official newspaper of the

. He was first elected to the

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in 2003. Nagasawa served in the

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from 2010 to 2017, having been re-elected in July 2016. Following his resignation, he was replaced as Senior Vice Minister by Masayoshi Hamada.

References

External links

Official website (archived)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagasawa, Hiroaki 1958 births Komeito politicians Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Government ministers of Japan Living people