is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, was a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature) until 2009. A native of

Minamiamabe District, Ōita was a district located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 33,239 and the density of 47.09 persons per km2. The total area was 705.90 km2. Towns and villages * Honjō * Kamae * Kamiura * N ...

, she attended

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. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after running unsuccessfully for the

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in the Diet in 2003.

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