is a Japanese

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and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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and graduate of the

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, he joined the

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in 1989 and received an

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from

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in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year. In June 2007, Ogushi was blamed for attending the funeral of a

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member. The yakuza member, Zenji Tsurumaru, was a senior member of the designated yakuza group

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, who was murdered by the group's rival syndicate

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. Ogushi said that he never met Tsurumaru and was compelled to attend by a political supporter. In 2017, he ran in the Kibō no Tō leadership election, losing against

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. When Kibō merged with the

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in May 2018 to form the

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, Ogushi decided not to join the new party and became an independent member instead.

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* in Japanese. 1965 births Living people People from Saga Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub