is a Japanese

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, a member of the Initiatives from Osaka party in the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Hirara, Okinawa , ( Miyako: ''Pїsara'') was a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on the island of Miyako. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 33,861 and a density of 521.58 persons per km². The total area was 64.92 km². History H ...

and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He previously joined

People's New Party The People's New Party (国民新党 ''Kokumin Shintō'', PNP) was a Japanese political party formed on August 17, 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap electi ...

in 2008. Shimoji was Minister of State for Disaster Management for the final 2.5 months of the

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. Shimoji has contested Okinawa's 1st district in almost every election since 1996. He was first elected as the district's representative in

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. He was re-elected in 2009, but lost his seat in the 2012 election. Shimoji recontested the seat in the 2014 election. While unable to win the seat outright, he obtained a seat through his spot in

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's PR list.

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians People's New Party politicians Living people 1961 births Nippon Ishin no Kai politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub