is a member of the

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serving in the

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. He is against the passed

anti-conspiracy bill The so-called Anti-Conspiracy Bill (共謀罪法案 ''kyōbōzai hōan''), a bill intended to modify the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Crime Proceeds, was submitted to the Japanese National Diet on 21 March 2017 and passed on ...

. He is also against paying welfare benefits with pre-paid

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s, saying that it would only benefit credit card companies. Rintaro Tamaki Kazuo Kodama and Members of the Committee on Judicial Affairs 20151012 1

Rintaro Tamaki Kazuo Kodama and Members of the Committee on Judicial Affairs 20151012 1

References

Living people Japanese communists Japanese Communist Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Japanese municipal councilors Politicians from Osaka Prefecture People from Yokohama Year of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-politician-stub