is a Japanese

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of the

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and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Career

A native of

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and graduate of the

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, he was elected to the assembly of

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(District #1) for the first time in 1987 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving there for two times. In 1996 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Saga's 1st district for the first time as a member of the New Frontier Party (Shinshinto) after running unsuccessfully in 1993 as an independent. He switched to the DPJ in 1998. He was Minister of Internal Affairs from 2009 to 2010, in

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and

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's Cabinets. Haraguchi studied Psychology at the

and attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. He often appears on television in which he discusses tax, pension, and decentralization issues. In the 2012 general election Haraguchi lost his single-seat electorate but retained a seat in the diet through the proportional representation system. He regained his seat in the 2014 election.

Positions

Haraguchi is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, and a member of the association of parliamentarians promoting visits to the controversial

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shrine" Haraguchi gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:Mainichi 2012
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/ref> *in favor of the revision of the Constitution *in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) *in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) *in favor of zero nuclear power by 2030s *in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa) *in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage *against participation of Japan to the

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*against a nuclear-armed Japan

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Haraguchi, Kazuhiro 1959 births Living people Government ministers of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians 20th-century Japanese politicians Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians