is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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he attended

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as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government

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from 1967 to 1978. He was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for the first time in 1979 and then to the Diet for the first time in 1996. On 9 December 2020, he resigned as the special adviser to the

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after being involved in a bribery scandal corresponding to a boating trip hosted by former head of major egg farm, who was involved in a separate bribery case.

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* 1942 births Living people Politicians from Tochigi Prefecture Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology alumni Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub