is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Asahikawa is a city in Kamikawa Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of the subprefecture, and the second-largest city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo. It has been a core city since April 1, 2000. The city is currently well known for the Asahiy ...

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and graduate of

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, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Asahikawa in 1975, to the first of his two terms in the

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in 1983 and finally to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. Imazu is affiliated to the revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

."日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。 After failing to win a seat in the

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he retired from politics. His son is Hirosuke Imazu, who became the mayor of Asahikawa in 2021.

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in Japanese. 1946 births Living people People from Asahikawa Chuo University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians Japanese municipal councilors Politicians from Hokkaido Members of Nippon Kaigi Members of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub