is a Japanese politician of the

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and a former member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). He is a native of

Katsuragi, Wakayama 260px, Katsuragi Town Hall is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 16,170 in 7137 households and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the town is . The t ...

and he started working for

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in 1971 after graduating from

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. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as an independent. He was the

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in the

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administration. He represented the 11th District of

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from 1996 until 2012, and again from 2014 to 2021.

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