is a Japanese

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, an independent and member of the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

in the

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(national legislature). He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2005.

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* Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1976 births 21st-century Japanese politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub