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 Narita, Chiba and graduate of

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, he had served in the assembly of

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since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. Yukio Jutsukawa failed to get reelected and has since retired from the world of politics. It is currently not known if he will be trying to make a comeback into politics.

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Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Living people 1943 births People from Narita, Chiba Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub