is a member of the

Japanese Communist Party The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world. The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...

serving as member of the

House of Councillors The is the upper house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, ...

from

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, where he was elected with 10.7% of the vote in

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. He was educated at the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

and at

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, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. In 2010, he passed the National Bar Examination and became a lawyer in 2011. During his time as a lawyer, he represented workers that worked at the

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant The is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The ...

.https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/10/31/worker-japan-nuke-crisis-crew-not-told-of-danger Yamazoe is a supporter of

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Railway incident

On 16 September 2021, police accused Yamazoe, who is a railway photography enthusiast, of having trespassed on the

Chichibu Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, owned by the private railway operator Chichibu Railway, linking and , both in Saitama Prefecture. Stations ;Legend * ● - All trains stop * ○ - Some trains stop * ▲ - Some trains pass * ▼ - Trains ...

on 3 November 2020. The case was ultimately dropped on 30 September 2021. The subsequent media coverage and handling of the case by the police made several media outlets speculate whether the disproportionate reportage was due to the political affiliation of Yamazoe and the medias' perception of opposition parties like the JCP.

References

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