thumb Shōichi Watanabe ( ja, 渡辺省一) (April 21, 1930 – September 29, 2000) was a Japanese politician. He served in the

House of Representatives of Japan The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a f ...

as part of the multi-member constituency Hokkaido's 4th district 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 ...

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 ...

. He was a member of the

Liberal Democratic Party of Japan The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative: * * * * * political party in Japan. The LDP has been in power almost continuously since its foundation in 1955—a per ...

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*日外アソシエーツ編『政治家人名事典』（紀伊国屋書店、1990年） Politicians from Hokkaido 1930 births 2000 deaths {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub