is a Japanese politician and the current
mayor
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of
Kitakyushu, Japan. A graduate of the
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...
, he was elected to the
House of Representatives
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in
Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of
Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of
Democratic Party of Japan
The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist:
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. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993. In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu.
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1953 births
Living people
People from Nishinomiya
University of Tokyo alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Mayors of places in Japan
Democratic Party of Japan politicians
Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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