is a Japanese

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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

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, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby

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. On January 18, 2021, 10 days after the declaration of state emergency due to

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, Ōtsuka was spotted violating lockdown rules by visiting a restaurant and two hostess bars at night. After an attempted cover-up, he was eventually lead to resign from his Diet post, but remained as a lawmaker.

LDP Profile

* Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism * Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office * Member, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HR * Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HR * Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP * Deputy Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division, LDP * Chief Secretary, Japan-Bulgaria Parliamentary Friendship Association

References

* * Profile on LDP website
jimin.jp/english/profile/members/121003.html

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Official website
in Japanese. 1964 births Living people People from Toyonaka, Osaka Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of Nippon Kaigi {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub

LDP Profile

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