thumb
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb ...
is a Japanese
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
of
Your Party
is a Japanese parliamentary caucus consisting of Yoshimi Watanabe and Takashi Tachibana, later Satoshi Hamada after Tachibana forfeited his seat, in the House of Councillors. It was also a political party led by Watanabe from 2009 until its d ...
, formerly of the
Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the
House of Councillors, formerly of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet (national legislature). A native of
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
and graduate of
Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1999 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.
He ran in
House of Councillors election in 2010 as a candidate of Your Party and won.
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1966 births
Living people
Politicians from Tokyo
Waseda University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Your Party politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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