is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Reconstruction from October 2021 to August 2022. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he also serves in the House of Representatives representing Okinawa’s 4th District since 2012. A native of Chinen and graduate of Sophia University, he was elected to the assembly of

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ...

for the first time in 1988 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003. His father is

Junji Nishime was a Japanese politician who served as the 4th Governor of Okinawa from 1978 until 1990 and mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa. He studied and graduated at the University of Tokyo.House of Councilors in the Diet.

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* NB: This source incorrectly states that his name is Kozaburo.

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* Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Sophia University alumni Living people 1954 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture Japanese politicians of Ryukyuan descent Government ministers of Japan {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub