was a Japanese

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of the

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, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Ashiya, Hyōgo 270px, Ashiya City Hall 270px, Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum 270px, Ashiya seen from Ashiya Station is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 95,485 in 45562 households and a population density of 5 ...

close to

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, he graduated from

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and

Ritsumeikan University is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. With the Kinugasa Campus (KIC) in Kyoto, and Kyoto Prefecture, the university also has a satellite called Biwako-Kusatsu Campus (BKC) and Osaka-Ibaraki Campus (OIC). Tod ...

, and received a

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from

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in the

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.　From school days, he continued volunteer activity. After graduation, he served a

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"ASHINAGA" in Japan, like a " Daddy Long Legs" (traffic-accident orphaned child scholarship association). Yamamoto was elected to the

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for the first time in 1993 as a member of

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but lost the seat in 2000. In 2001, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time. He was the expert of the

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, and wrestled with many problems over the

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system such as the reform of a pension policy and the medical system, the foundation of "the nursing care insurance". The question number of times in his

was the top-class. There is little legislation introduced by a Diet member in the Japan ("

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").　However, he performed much an "Act of Parliament". On May 22, 2006, Yamamoto announced in a speech in the House of Councilors plenary session that he was infected with

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. He made an effort for the early conclusion of "The Basic Law to Promote Anti-Cancer (Cancer Control Act) :ja:がん対策基本法". On December 22, 2007, Yamamoto died of

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. His seat in the House of Councillors was taken over by

Hisako Ōishi was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). She was born in Etajima, Hiroshima, grew up in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture and a graduate of Yokohama National ...

on December 28.

Bibliography

* "", published by Daiichi Shorin, 1998. * "", published by SUIYOSHA, 2006. * "", published by Asahi Shimbun, 2008.

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese
ASHINAGA
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