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:
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* 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 Councillors in the
Diet (national legislature). A native of
Niihama, Ehime and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.
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Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Living people
1949 births
Democratic Party of Japan politicians
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