is a Japanese

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of the

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and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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and graduate of the

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, he joined the

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in 1988, attending

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in the United States as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 1994, he took part in the formation of the

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in 1996 and was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year; he is currently serving his fourth term in this House. In September 2011 he was appointed as State Minister of National Strategy, Economic and Fiscal Policy in the cabinet of newly appointed prime minister

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.''

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'',
Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet
, 3 September 2011, p. 3. Furukawa is a member of the

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and is founder of its Table For Two initiative.

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* in Japanese. 1965 births Living people People from Nagoya University of Tokyo alumni Members of the House of Representatives from Aichi Prefecture Democratic Party of Japan politicians Noda cabinet 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub