is a Japanese

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of the

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, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 122,478 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to its volume. The symb ...

, he attended the

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as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the assembly of

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

where he served for one term and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the

Japan Socialist Party The was a major socialist and progressive political party in Japan which existed from 1945 to 1996. The party was the primary representative of the Japanese left and main opponent of the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party for most of its ex ...

Kiyomi Tsujimoto Akihiro Ohata Koichi Watanabe and Toshihiko Sumino 20110705

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in Japanese. 1947 births Living people Politicians from Ibaraki Prefecture Social Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Democratic Party of Japan politicians Ministers of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of Japan Japan Socialist Party politicians Ministers of economy, trade and industry of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017 {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub