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Shōichi Watanabe (politician)
thumb Shōichi Watanabe () (April 21, 1930 – September 29, 2000) was a Japanese politician. He served in the House of Representatives of Japan as part of the multi-member constituency Hokkaido's 4th district alongside Yukio Hatoyama and Tadamasa Kodaira. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan The , frequently abbreviated to LDP, the Lib Dems, or , is a major conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative: * * * * * and Japanese nationalism, nationalistSources describing the LDP as nationalist: * .... Bibliography *日外アソシエーツ編『政治家人名事典』(紀伊国屋書店、1990年) Politicians from Hokkaido 1930 births 2000 deaths {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub ...
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was a Japanese scholar of English and one of Japan's cultural critics. He is known for ultranationalist historical negationism. He was born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate of Sophia University, where he obtained his Master's degree, he completed his doctorate at University of Münster in 1958. Two volumes of autobiography on his years in Germany narrate his varied experiences during this period. Returning to his alma mater, he became successively lecturer, assistant professor and full professor, until his retirement. He served as emeritus professor at the same university until his death. A passionate book-collector, he was chairman of the Japan Bibliophile Society. His personal collection of books on English philology (see Bibliography) was perhaps his most important contribution to the field of English philology in Japan, containing many rare items. History Shoichi Watanabe was born and raised in Tsuruoka, Yamagata. After receiving his Bachelor's degree and Ma ...
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House Of Representatives Of Japan
The is the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors is the upper house. The composition of the House is established by and of the Constitution of Japan. The House of Representatives has 465 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 176 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a Party-list proportional representation, party-list system of proportional representation, and 289 are elected from single-member constituencies. The overall voting system used to elect the House of Representatives is a Parallel voting, parallel system, a form of semi-proportional representation. Under a parallel system, the allocation of list seats does not take into account the outcome in the single seat constituencies. Therefore, the overall allocation of seats in the House of Representatives is not proportional, to the advantage of larger parties. In contrast, in bodies such as the German ''Bundestag'' or the New Zealand Parliament the election of s ...
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Hokkaido 4th District (1947–1993)
List of representatives * Haruo Okada, Socialist Party of Japan, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983 * Tadashi Kodaira, Socialist then Social Democratic, 1949・1953・1955・1958・1963・1967・1969・1972・1976・1979・1983 * Seiichi Ikehata, Social Democratic Party, 1976–1979, 1983–1996 *Shōichi Watanabe, Liberal Democratic Party, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1993 * Tatsuo Takahashi, Liberal Democratic Party, 1979–1990, 1993–1996 *Yukio Hatoyama, Liberal Democratic Party until 1993, New Party Sakigake, 1986–1996 * Tadamasa Kodaira, Social Democratic Party, 1990–1996 Election results *1993 Japanese general election **Yukio Hatoyama, New Party Sakigake, 111,824 votes **Tatsuo Takahashi, Liberal Democratic Party, 81,334 votes **Seiichi Ikehata, Social Democratic Party, 73,433 votes **Shōichi Watanabe, Liberal Democratic Party, 73,410 votes **Tadamasa Kodaira, Social Democratic Party, 71,993 votes *1990 Japanese gener ...
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