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(Japanese: Japan Restoration Party; JPR) alongside

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from 2016 to 2021.

Early life and education

Katayama was born in

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on 2 August 1935. He graduated from the

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's faculty of law in March 1958.

Career

Katayama began his career at the agency of Home Affairs in April 1958. He became vice governor of Okayama Prefecture in April 1985. He was elected to the

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in July 1989, being a member of the LDP. He was elected to the House for the second term in July 1995, for the third term in July 2001 and for the fourth term in July 2001. In the LDP, Katayama was part of the faction headed by

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and then of the Tsushima faction at the beginning of the 2002s. After holding different roles in the House, he was appointed minister of posts and telecommunications, minister of home affairs, and also, director-general of the management and coordination agency in December 2000. In January 2001, Katayama was named as the minister for public management, home affairs, posts and telecommunications. On 8 February 2002, Katayama was appointed minister of public management in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister

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. He retained his post in the cabinet reshuffle on 8 December 2002. Later he became secretary general of the LDP in the upper house in July 2004. Until 2007 Katayama was the number two or deputy leader of the party's upper house group and also, the leader of its campaign strategy. Katayama lost his seat in the upper house in the 2007 election. Katayama left the LDP when the party set an age limit of 70 for candidates in the House of Councillors proportional representation bloc election in 2010. As a result, he joined the now-defunct

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. He was reelected to the upper house for the fifth term in July 2010 for the Tachiagare Nippon. He was also the secretary-general of the House of Councillors of the party. Next he became a member of the JPR, which was led jointly by

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and

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. He began to represent the party at the House and is a member of the House's committee on general affairs. After the JRP disbanded, he joined the

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. On 2 September 2015, he joined

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.Ishin’s Katayama to join Hashimoto’s planned new party
''Japan Times''. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Katayama, Toranosuke 1935 births Government ministers of Japan Japan Restoration Party politicians Japan Innovation Party politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Living people Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan Nippon Ishin no Kai politicians People from Okayama Prefecture Sunrise Party politicians University of Tokyo alumni