is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of the former town of

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and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2005. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

."日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。

Career

* Company Employee * 5 times elected to the House of Representatives (constituency: Kagoshima 3) * State Minister of Cabinet Office * State Minister of Environment * Parliamentary Vice-Minister, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries * Chief Director, Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, HR * Director, Agriculture and Forestry Division, LDP * Deputy Secretary-General, LDP

References

* * Profile on LDP website
jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114747.html

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children Keio University alumni Politicians from Kagoshima Prefecture Living people 1958 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub