was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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, he attended the

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and passed the bar exam while in the school. Upon graduation in 1961, he joined the

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. Leaving the ministry in 1987, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1990. He ran again in 1993 and was elected for the first time.

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in Japanese. 1937 births 2013 deaths People from Fukushima, Fukushima University of Tokyo alumni 20th-century Japanese lawyers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub