The is a constituency that represents
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
in the
House of Councillors
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in the
Diet of Japan
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. It has four Councillors in the 242-member house.
Outline
The constituency represents the entire population of
Ibaraki Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
. The district elects four Councillors to six-year terms, two each at alternating elections held every three years. The district has 2,411,307 registered voters as of September 2015.
The Councillors currently representing Ibaraki are:
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Akira Gunji
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party (Japan, 2016), Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). He server as President of the House of Councillors, Vice President of t ...
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, third term; term ends in 2016)
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Hiroshi Okada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature) affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi."日本会議と神 ...
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Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), third term; term ends in 2016)
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Yukihisa Fujita
is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan's parliament, from the Ibaraki constituency. He is now the DPJ Next Vice Minister of Defense, the DPJ Next Vice Min ...
(Democratic Party, second term; term ends in 2019)
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Ryosuke Kouzuki (LDP, first term; term ends in 2019)
Elected Councillors
Election results
See also
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List of districts of the House of Councillors of Japan
The House of Councillors in the Japanese national Diet is made up of 245 members elected from 45 districts plus a national proportional representation list. Until 2015, there were 47 districts which coincided with the 47 prefectures of Japan.
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Ibaraki 4th district
Ibaraki 4th district (茨城県第4区 ''Ibaraki-ken dai-yon-ku'' or 茨城4区 ''Ibaraki 4-ku'') is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in Northern Ibaraki and consists of the cities o ...
, one of seven districts that represents Ibaraki Prefecture in the
House of Representatives
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References
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Districts of the House of Councillors (Japan)