(born November 26, 1955) is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Setagaya in

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. In addition, he was a member of the

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for the Social Democratic Party until July 21, 2009. Hosaka campaigned and won the mayor's job on an

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platform in April 2011, just over a month after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. According to ''

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'', Hosaka "is determined to turn this city ward of 840,000 people, the largest in Tokyo, into the front-runner of a movement that will put an end to Japan's reliance on atomic power and accelerate the use of renewable energy". Hosaka opposes the death penalty, and held the position of secretary general of the Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. He is also highly critical of continued Japanese

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against the

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subculture in the nation, with one notable case of criticism displayed against public and media related assumptions and gossip surrounding the incidents of November 17, 2004, when Kaoru Kobayashi murdered a 7-year-old girl. In 2006 and 2007, Hosaka joined the gay parade in Tokyo.

Mizuho Fukushima is a Japanese politician, attorney. A native of Nobeoka, Miyazaki, she has been a member of the House of Councillors since 1998, was re-elected in 2004 and 2010, and was the head of the Social Democratic Party of Japan (SDP), from 2003 to 2013. ...

, then-leader of the Social Democratic Party, also joined the event him in 2007.東京プライドパレード、福島さんと歩きました - 保坂展人のどこどこ日記
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1955 births Living people Japanese anti–death penalty activists Japanese anti–nuclear power activists LGBT rights activists from Japan Mayors of places in Tokyo Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) People from Sendai Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-mayor-stub

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