is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Part ...

, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of

Iinan, Mie was a town located in Iinan District, Mie Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,965 and a density of 78.15 persons per km2. The total area was 76.33 km2. On January 1, 2005, Iinan, along the towns of Miku ...

and graduate of Tsu City College, he worked at the government of the town of Iinan from 1968 to 1998. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

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* in Japanese. 1949 births Living people Politicians from Mie Prefecture Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Democratic Party of Japan politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub