is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the

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(until its dissolution), and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (the national legislature of Japan). He represents the First District of Oita prefecture. A native of Oita and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Oita Prefecture in 2003. In the same year, he ran for the House of Representatives as an independent and was elected for the first time.

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in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) University of Tokyo alumni Politicians from Ōita Prefecture 1958 births Living people Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub