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is a Japanese
politician
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of the
New Komeito Party
, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...
, a member of the
House of Representatives
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in the
Diet
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Food
* Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group
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(national legislature). A native of
Ōtsu, Shiga and graduate of
Kyoto University, he was elected for the first time in 1993.
References
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External links
Official websitein Japanese.
1959 births
People from Ōtsu, Shiga
Living people
University of Tokyo alumni
Members of the House of Representatives from Osaka Prefecture
New Komeito politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
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