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 the
New Komeito Party
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...
, a member of the
House of Councillors in the
Diet (national legislature). A native of
Mii District, Fukuoka
is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003 statistics (but following the merger of Kitano), the district has an estimated population of 15,378 and a density of 674 persons per km2. The total area is 22.83 km2.
Towns and ...
and graduate of
Soka University, he worked at ''
Nishinippon Shimbun
The is a Japanese language daily newspaper published by the . As of 2022, it had a circulation of about 467,000 (total of morning and evening editions). It is headquartered in Fukuoka, which accounts for the bulk of its circulation, and is also ...
'' from 1975 to 1988 as a reporter. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1989.
References
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External links
Official websitein Japanese.
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Living people
1952 births
New Komeito politicians
Sōka University alumni
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