is a Japanese
politician
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of the
New Komeito Party
, 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 coalitio ...
, a member of the
House of Representatives
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in the
Diet
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Food
* Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group
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(national legislature). A native of
Arida District, Wakayama
is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population of 50,095 and a density of 114 persons/km2. The total area is 437.88 km2.
Towns and villages
* Aridagawa
*Hirogawa
270 ...
he attended
University of Tokushima as both an undergraduate and graduate student and taught at a school in Wakayama from 1973 to 1992. In 1993, he was elected for the first time.
References
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External links
* in Japanese
1948 births
Living people
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
New Komeito politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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