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is a Japanese
doctor Doctor, Doctors, The Doctor or The Doctors may refer to: Titles and occupations * Physician, a medical practitioner * Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree ** Doctorate ** List of doctoral degrees awarded b ...
and
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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
Kyoto Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, he attended Osaka Medical College and received a
Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
in medicine. He also studied at the
University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
for two years. After working as a doctor, he was elected to the assembly of
Kyoto Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...
for the first time in 1993 where he served for four terms. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.


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in Japanese. 1946 births Living people People from Kyoto University of Chicago alumni Japanese surgeons Koizumi Children Members of the Kyoto Prefectural Assembly Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Scientists from Kyoto {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub