Shōmei Yokouchi
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ese politician. He represented the Yamanashi at-large district and later the Yamanashi 3rd district in the
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in the national
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from 1993 until 2002 and was
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of
Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 787,592 (1 February 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi). Yamanashi Prefecture borders Saitama Prefecture to the n ...
from 2007 until 2015. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo Law Department.


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Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2000–2003 University of Tokyo alumni People from Yamanashi Prefecture 1942 births 2020 deaths Governors of Yamanashi Prefecture Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 1993–1996 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 1996–2000 {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub