is a Japanese

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and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in

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in China. After having served in the assembly of Kamo for two terms since 1995, she ran unsuccessfully for the Niigata-4th seat in the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of

Ichirō Ozawa is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969, representing the Iwate 3rd district (Iwate 2nd district prior to the 1996 general election and Iwate 4th district prior to the 2017 general election). H ...

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, which merged into the DPJ in 2003. She ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.

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in Japanese. Living people 1969 births Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) People from Niigata Prefecture Liberal Party (Japan, 1998) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Japanese women politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub