was a Japanese politician from

Kushiro, Hokkaido is a Cities of Japan, city in Kushiro Subprefecture on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It serves as the subprefecture's capital and it is the most populated city in the eastern part of the island. Geography Mountains * Mount Oakan * Mount Mea ...

Career

He was a member of the

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as a member of the multi-member Hokkaido's 4th district. He served alongside

Yukio Hatoyama is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hatoy ...

, Tatsuo Takahashi,

Shōichi Watanabe was an English scholar and one of Japan’s cultural critics. He is known for ultranationalist historical negationism. He was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate of Sophia University, where he obtained his Master’s degree, he c ...

and

Tadamasa Kodaira is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1990. P ...

. 1929 births 2007 deaths Japanese politicians People from Kushiro 20th-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1920s-stub