is a Japanese politician serving his first term in the
House of Councillors representing the
Miyagi at-large district
The is a multi-member constituency that represents Miyagi Prefecture in the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. It currently has two Councillors in the 242-member house, but this representation will decrease to two at the next election, ...
. He was elected to the House in the
July 2013 as a member of
Your Party. Upon the party's dissolution in November 2014 he joined the
Party for Future Generations. He was promoted to Secretary-General of the party in September 2015; the party changed its name to
Party for Japanese Kokoro in December 2015. In November 2016 he left the party and joined the
Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentary group, but did not officially join the LDP.
He joined the LDP on September 24, 2017, and was elected as a candidate from the proportional district in the 25th ordinary election for the House of Councillors held in July 2019.
Wada graduated with a degree in political science from
Keio University
, mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword
, type = Private research coeducational higher education institution
, established = 1858
, founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa
, endowmen ...
's Faculty of Law in 1997. Prior to entering politics he worked as an announcer for national broadcaster
NHK from 1997 until 2013.
References
1974 births
Living people
Politicians from Tokyo
People from Koganei, Tokyo
Keio University alumni
Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Your Party politicians
Party for Japanese Kokoro politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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