is a former
Japan
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ese
politician
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of the now defunct
People's New Party
The People's New Party (国民新党 ''Kokumin Shintō'', PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap electi ...
and was a member of the
House of Representatives
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in the
Diet
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(national legislature). A native of
Kanoashi District, Shimane
is a district located in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 17,879 and a density of 27.79 persons per km2. The total area is 643.38 km2.
Towns and villages
*Tsuwano
* Yoshika
Mergers
*On Sep ...
and graduate of
Gakushuin University
is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation. The privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University (or "Peers School") was estab ...
, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1971 as an independent. He ran again three years later as a member of the
Liberal Democratic Party and was elected for the first time.
His daughter
Akiko Kamei
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, and a member of the House of Representatives. She is a former member of People's New Party and of the House of Councillors. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Gakushuin ...
is also a politician.
References
External links
Official websitein Japanese.
*
1939 births
Living people
21st-century Japanese politicians
Gakushuin University alumni
Government ministers of Japan
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
People from Shimane Prefecture
People from Tokyo
People's New Party politicians
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