is a Japanese business man. of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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and graduate of the

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, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2004 as a member of the

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. She ran again, this time as a member of the LDP, in 2005 and was elected for the first time.

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* in Japanese. Living people 1970 births People from Kobe University of Tokyo alumni Koizumi Children Female members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Democratic Party of Japan politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese women politicians {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub