is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

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and graduate of

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, he worked at the Japanese

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company SSP Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1978 and then at the pharmacy called from 1978 to 2003. Meantime, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Yokohama in 1990, and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. On January 18, 2021, 10 days after the declaration of state emergency due to

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, Matsumoto was spotted violating lockdown rules by visiting a restaurant and two hostess bars at night. Additionally, he first affirmed having been there alone and only met the establishment's manager, before admitting he was accompanied by fellow

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officials

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and Taido Tanose whom he had invited, and by female staff of the hostess bars.

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Official website
in Japanese. 1950 births Living people People from Yokohama Japanese pharmacists Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub