is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

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A native of

Yokohama, Kanagawa is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of To ...

and graduate of

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, he was elected to the city assembly of Yokohama for the first time in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

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Official website
in Japanese. Living people 1964 births Politicians from Yokohama Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Rikkyo University alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub