Representatives elected in the Japanese general election, 2003

43rd House of Representatives	(2003)
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This is a list of Representatives elected to the House of Representatives

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

for the Forty-Third session of the House of Representatives of the National Diet

Diet of Japan

The is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally...

of Japan

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Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

at the 2003 general election, held on November 9, 2003.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...	247
	Democratic Party Democratic Party of Japan The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...	178
	New Komeito Party New Komeito Party The , New Kōmei Party, or NKP is a centre-right political party in Japan founded by members of the Nichiren Buddhist organization Sōka Gakkai. The leadership and financing of the two groups are currently independent...	34
	Japan Communist Party	8
	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Japan) The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party (社会民主党 Shakai Minshu-tō, often abbreviated to 社民党 Shamin-tō; also known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan (abbreviated to SDPJ or SDP in English) is a political party that advocates for the establishment of a...	6
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	7
Total		480
Government Majority		281
Opposition		199

Liberal Democratic Party (247 members)

Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the National Diet on 26 September 2006. He was Japan's youngest post–World War II prime minister and the first born after the war. Abe served as prime minister for nearly twelve months, before resigning on 12 September 2007...
Ichiro Aisawa
Ichiro Aisawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Mitsu District, Okayama and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.He serves as Vice-President of the Japan...
Norihiko Akagi
Norihiko Akagi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of Makabe District, Ibaraki and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1983 to 1988...
Akira Amari
Akira Amari
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the lower house. He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry from 2006 to 2008 and is currently Minister of State in charge of Administrative Reform....
Takashi Aoyama
Taro Aso
Taro Aso
was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.He has served in the House of Representatives since 1979. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and was Secretary-General of the LDP briefly in 2007 and...
Koki Chuma
Koki Chuma
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo he was elected for the first time in 1976 as a member of the now-defunct party New Liberal Club. His father is...
Toshiaki Endo
Toshiaki Endo
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kaminoyama, Yamagata and graduate of Chuo University , he was elected to the assembly of Yamagata Prefecture in 1983, serving there for one term...
Takehiko Endo
Takehiko Endo
is a Japanese politician who is a member of Liberal Democratic Party, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just 8 days after he was appointed to the post...
Tetsuma Esaki
Tetsuma Esaki
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP...
Yoichiro Esaki
Yoichiro Esaki
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shinjuku, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the Industrial Bank of Japan from 1981 to 1993...
Akinori Eto
Akinori Eto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Towada, Aomori, he attended Nihon University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected for the first time in 1996 but lost his seat in the re-election four years...
Taku Eto
Taku Eto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kadogawa, Miyazaki and graduate of Seijo University. He was elected for the first time in 2003, succeeding his father, controversial former government minister, Takami Eto.-...
Seiichi Eto
Seiichi Eto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Ōita, Ōita and graduate of Oita University, he had served in the city assembly of Ōita for two terms since 1973 and the assembly of Ōita Prefecture for two terms since 1979...
Seishiro Eto
Seishiro Eto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate...
Takao Fujii
Takao Fujii
is a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of Seijo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1981...
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda
was the 91st Prime Minister of Japan, serving from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving for three and a half years under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori and Junichiro Koizumi....
Teru Fukui
Teru Fukui
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1976. Leaving the ministry in 1999, he was elected to the House of...
Hajime Funada
Hajime Funada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and a former Minister of Economic Planning. A native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi he attended Keio University both as undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives...
Yoshihisa Furukawa
Yoshihisa Furukawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kushima, Miyazaki and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1989...
Keiji Furuya
Keiji Furuya
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Seikei University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.- External links :* in Japanese....
Koji Futada
Koji Futada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minamiakita District, Akita and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the assembly of Akita Prefecture for the first time in 1975 and to the House of Representatives...
Shigeyuki Goto
Shigeyuki Goto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980, receiving a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat...
Masazumi Gotoda
Masazumi Gotoda
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Oe District, Tokushima and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Mitsubishi Corporation from 1993 to 1998. He was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :* ...
Koki Hagino
Koichi Hagiuda
Koichi Hagiuda
Koichi Hagiuda is a Japanese politician, currently representing the 24th district of Tokyo in the House of Representatives of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party...
Kyogon Hagiyama
Kyogon Hagiyama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Himi, Toyama and graduate of Ritsumeikan University he was elected to the assembly of Toyama Prefecture for the first time in 1971. From 1979 to 1986 he ran four times for...
Yasukazu Hamada
Yasukazu Hamada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Futtsu, Chiba and graduate of Senshu University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed...
Yasuhiro Hanashi
Yasuhiro Hanashi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ibaraki Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the National Police Agency in 1982...
Yoshitsugu Harada
Yoshitsugu Harada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yaizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1974 to 2003. In 2003, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the...
Yoshiaki Harada
Yoshiaki Harada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yamada, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he jointed Nippon Steel in 1968 and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1970, the year in which he...
Hiroshi Hase
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Ryutaro Hashimoto
was a Japanese politician who served as the 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan from January 11, 1996 to July 30, 1998. He was the leader of one of the largest factions within the ruling LDP through most of the 1990s and remained a powerful back-room player in Japanese politics until scandal...
Susumu Hasumi
Kunio Hatoyama
Kunio Hatoyama
is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications under Prime Minister Taro Aso until June 12, 2009.- Biography :Kunio Hatoyama was born in Tokyo in 1948...
Chuko Hayakawa
Chuko Hayakawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagasaki Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1969 to 1973...
Motoo Hayashi
Motoo Hayashi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , Yamasaki Faction, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
Takeshi Hayashida
Takeshi Hayashida
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagasu, Kumamoto and graduate of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1967. Leaving the ministry, he was elected to the...
Takuya Hirai
Takuya Hirai
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of the New Frontier Party after...
Takeo Hiranuma
Takeo Hiranuma
Takeo Hiranuma is a Japanese politician. He advocates historical revisionism regarding the Nanking Massacre.- Basic biography :...
Katsuei Hirasawa
Katsuei Hirasawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of the village of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he jointed the National Police Agency in 1968, attending Duke University in the United States while...
Koichi Hirata
Koichi Hirata
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yokkaichi, Mie and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1995 as an independent. After losing his seat in 2000,...
Kosuke Hori
Kosuke Hori
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1979...
Mitsuo Horiuchi
Mitsuo Horiuchi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Misaka, Yamanashi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1976.- External links :* in Japanese....
Takeshi Hosaka
Takeshi Hosaka
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kai, Yamanashi and high school graduate, he was elected to the town assembly of the town of Ryūō, Shiga in 1977, serving for three terms, and then to the assembly of...
Hiroyuki Hosoda
Hiroyuki Hosoda
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . From 2004 to 2005, he was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinets, succeeded by Shinzō Abe on October 31, 2005....
Bunmei Ibuki
Bunmei Ibuki
is a Japanese politician. He is a Member of the House of Representatives serving the constituency of Kyoto Prefecture, 1st district, where, as of October 2006, he has been elected eight times. He was the Secretary General of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party from 2007 to 2008...
Hiroshi Imai
Hiroshi Imai
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sōka, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the city assembly of Sōka in 1970 and then to the first of his four terms as the mayor of Sōka in 1977...
Masahiro Imamura
Masahiro Imamura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kashima, Saga and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after working for the JR.- External links...
Hiroshi Imazu
Hiroshi Imazu
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Asahikawa, Hokkaidō and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Asahikawa in 1975, to the first of his two terms in...
Yamato Inaba
Yamato Inaba
is a Japanese politician, who is a member of House of Representatives and Liberal Democratic Party.Born in Chiyoda, Tokyo he graduated from Chuo University in 1966. He was elected for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990.-External links:*...
Kiichi Inoue
Kiichi Inoue
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kasai, Hyōgo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 1955. He was elected to the House of Representatives for...
Shinji Inoue
Shinji Inoue
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1994, which later became part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and...
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba is a Japanese politician. He was Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008 and was also Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries....
Masatoshi Ishida
Masatoshi Ishida
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kainan, Wakayama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Wakayama Prefecture in 1983 and then to the first of his...
Nobuteru Ishihara
Nobuteru Ishihara
is a Japanese politician.He was born in Zushi, Kanagawa, the son of author Shintaro Ishihara . He attended Keio Gijuku High School and graduated from the literature faculty of Keio University in 1981...
Gaku Ishizaki
Gaku Ishizaki
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Asahikawa, Hokkaido and graduate of Kyoto University, he worked at Hokkaido Broadcasting, a local broadcast network in Hokkaido, from 1979 to 1996. He was elected to the...
Kosuke Ito
Kosuke Ito
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Takatō, Nagano and graduate of Hosei University, he studied abroad in Berlin and then at Ohio State University...
Shintaro Ito
Shintaro Ito
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he received his master's degrees from Keio University and Harvard University and completed a program at the American Film Institute...
Tatsuya Ito
Tatsuya Ito
is the Minister of State for Financial Services in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet.Born in Tokyo, Ito graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio-Gijuku University and joined Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in 1984...
Mineichi Iwanaga
Mineichi Iwanaga
Mineichi Iwanaga is a Japanese politician.Born in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, Iwanaga attended Koka Senior High School and graduated from the law faculty of Chuo University....
Tadao Iwasaki
Takeshi Iwaya
Takeshi Iwaya
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Beppu, Ōita and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Ōita Prefecture in 1987 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as an...
Shozaburo Jimi
Shozaburo Jimi
is a Japanese politician of People's New Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . Jimi is a registered medical practitioner, and was a graduate of the department of medicine at Kyushu University in 1977...
Yukio Jitsukawa
Yukio Jitsukawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Narita, Chiba and graduate of Hosei University, he had served in the assembly of Chiba Prefecture since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...
Toshiki Kaifu
Toshiki Kaifu
is a Japanese politician who was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.- Career :He was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, and was educated at Chuo University and Waseda University. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party , Kaifu ran successfully for the Diet in 1960 and...
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Hiroshi Kajiyama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hitachiōta, Ibaraki and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :...
Chiken Kakazu
Chiken Kakazu
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nago, Okinawa and graduate of Waseda University, he had served in the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for five terms since 1980. He was elected to the House of Representatives...
Hisaoki Kamei
Hisaoki Kamei
is a Japanese politician of People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kanoashi District, Shimane and graduate of Gakushuin University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1971 as an independent...
Yoshiyuki Kamei
Yoshiyuki Kamei
was a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing Kanagawa Prefecture. Keio University graduation.He was Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, before being replaced by Yoshinobu Shimamura.-References:*...
Shizuka Kamei
Shizuka Kamei
is a Japanese politician.-Early life:He was born in the city of Shōbara in Hiroshima Prefecture into a poor family. He studied at the department of economics at University of Tokyo and worked his way through school through various jobs, including singing at a cabaret.Upon graduation in 1960, he...
Yoko Kamikawa
Yoko Kamikawa
is a Japanese politician, who has been serving as Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs since August 2007 in Shinzō Abe's and Yasuo Fukuda's cabinets. She is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party....
Ichiro Kamoshita
Ichiro Kamoshita
is a Japanese politician and doctor, who served as Minister of the Environment in Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet.Born in Adachi, Tokyo, he graduated from Nihon University, earning a medical degree. In 1993, he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan New Party. In December 1997, he joined...
Yasushi Kaneko
Yasushi Kaneko
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kuma District, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent. He later joined the LDP.- External links :* in...
Kazuyoshi Kaneko
Kazuyoshi Kaneko
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Takayama, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1986. His father is former Minister of Finance Ippei Kaneko.- External links :* in...
Eiko Kaneta
Katsunobu Kato
Katsunobu Kato
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1995...
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato (LDP)
is a Japanese politician . Born in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, he is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party.- Political career :...
Katsuyuki Kawai
Katsuyuki Kawai
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1993 after serving in the assembly of Hiroshima Prefecture...
Yoshihiro Kawakami
Yoshihiro Kawakami
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Tōhaku District, Tottori and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2003 after serving in the assembly of Tottori...
Takeo Kawamura
Takeo Kawamura (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hagi, Yamaguchi and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Seibu Oil from 1967 to 1976...
Tsutomu Kawara
Jiro Kawasaki
Jiro Kawasaki
is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.Kawasaki was born in Shiogama, Miyagi. His father and grandfather were both politicians....
Takahide Kimura
Takahide Kimura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of Tokyo Keizai University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after having served in the assembly of...
Ben Kimura
Ben Kimura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kōtō, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the ward assembly of Kōtō for two terms since 1971 and the assembly of Tokyo for six terms since 1977...
Taro Kimura
Taro Kimura (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Minamitsugaru District, Aomori and graduate of Toyo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of...
Yoshio Kimura
Yoshio Kimura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sanuki, Kagawa and graduate of Chuo University, he worked at Sumitomo Bank from 1972 to 1975...
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
is a Japanese politician, who served in Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Science and Technology Policy, Quality-of-Life Policy, and Regulatory Reform. He is a member of the House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party.Born in...
Tomokatsu Kitagawa
Tomokatsu Kitagawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Neyagawa, Osaka and graduate of Kansai University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000. He ran again in July 2003 and was elected for the first time...
Seigo Kitamura
Seigo Kitamura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ojika, Nagasaki and graduate of Waseda University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Nagasaki Prefecture in 1982 but became the assembly of Sasebo, Nagasaki in the...
Naoto Kitamura
Minoru Kiuchi
Koki Kobayashi
Makoto Koga
Makoto Koga
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Setaka, Fukuoka and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1980 after an unsuccessful run in 1979.The character Tetsuya Gamon in the manga...
Yuriko Koike
Yuriko Koike
is a Japanese politician, who was the Minister of Defense in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but resigned August 27, 2007 after only 54 days in office...
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics when his term in parliament ended.Widely seen as a maverick leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , he became known as an economic reformer, focusing on Japan's government debt and the...
Ryuji Koizumi
Toshio Kojima
Toshio Kojima
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kumagaya, Saitama and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the city assembly of Kumagaya for three terms since 1971 and in the assembly of Saitama Prefecture for...
Saburo Komoto
Saburo Komoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Aioi, Hyōgo and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1992 as a member of Morihiro Hosokawa's Japan New Party and then...
Masahiko Komura
Masahiko Komura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008, and he is a member of the House of Representatives for the First District of Yamaguchi Prefecture....
Motohiko Kondo
Motohiko Kondo
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Niigata, Niigata and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent after an unsuccessful run in 1996.- External links :* in...
Osamu Konishi
Taro Kono
Taro Kono
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . Born in Hiratsuka, Odawara, Kanagawa and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1996...
Kenji Kosaka
Kenji Kosaka
is a Japanese politician. He was appointed Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology on October 31, 2005.- Biography :Kenji Kosaka worked in London as top level office manager for JAL in the 1980s. Returning to Japan he became secretary to the then Prime Minister, Yasuhiro...
Takashi Kosugi
Takashi Kosugi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Meguro, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had served in the assembly of Tokyo for four terms since 1965...
Akihiko Kumashiro
Akihiko Kumashiro
is a Japanese politician and member of the Liberal Democratic Party who served four terms in the House of Representatives of Japan. He held the District 2 seat of Okayama Prefecture. He was born in Okayama, and graduated from the University of Tokyo and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning...
Masatoshi Kurata
Masatoshi Kurata
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.- External links :* in Japanese....
Fumio Kyuma
Fumio Kyuma
is a Japanese politician who has served in the Diet of Japan since 1980. Kyuma graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1964 and worked for the Ministry of Agriculture...
Nobutaka Machimura
Nobutaka Machimura
is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was Chief Cabinet Secretary in the government of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008.- Career :...
Toshio Masuda
Toshio Masuda
is a Japanese film director. He developed a reputation as a consistent box office hit-maker. Over the course of five decades, 16 of his films made the yearly top ten lists at the Japanese box office—a second place record in the industry. Between 1958 and 1968 he directed 52 films for the Nikkatsu...
Yoshitake Masuhara
Yoshitake Masuhara
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1969 to 1995. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the...
Isao Matsumiya
Jun Matsumoto
Jun Matsumoto
, often called by the portmanteau nickname , is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of...
Hirokazu Matsuno
Hirokazu Matsuno
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kisarazu, Chiba and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.- External...
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
was a Japanese politician. He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from September 26, 2006 under the Abe cabinet. He committed suicide in 2007 in the middle of a financial scandal.- Biography :...
Midori Matsushima
Midori Matsushima
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hyogo Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, she worked at the national newspaper Asahi Shimbun from 1980 to 1995...
Tadahiro Matsushita
Tadahiro Matsushita
is a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan. He has been involved in government since 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction. He is currently the Senior Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry....
Asahiko Mihara
Asahiko Mihara
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Onga, Fukuoka, he attended Hitotsubashi University and Dag Hammarskjöld College in the United States, and received a master's degree from Carleton University in Canada. He...
Nobuhide Minorikawa
Nobuhide Minorikawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōmagari, Akita, he attended Keio University and received a master's degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in the United States...
Takashi Mitsubayashi
Takashi Mitsubayashi
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Satte, Saitama and graduate of Saitama Medical School, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.- References :* - External links :*...
Norio Mitsuya
Norio Mitsuya
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ise, Mie and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Columbia University in the United States while in the ministry...
Kazuaki Miyaji
Kazuaki Miyaji
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kawanabe District, Kagoshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He was elected to the House of...
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi
Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kurobe, Toyama and dropout of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the assembly of Toyama Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of...
Ichiro Miyashita
Ichiro Miyashita
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at The Sumitomo Bank from 1983 to 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in...
Yoichi Miyazawa
Yoichi Miyazawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukuyama, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1974, receiving a MPA from Harvard University in the United States while in...
Kenichi Mizuno
Kenichi Mizuno
is a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors, formerly of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
Yoshio Mochizuki
Yoshio Mochizuki
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the first of his four terms in the city assembly of Shimizu in 1975 and to the first of his two terms in...
Eisuke Mori
Eisuke Mori
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and is the former Minister of Justice under Aso's Administration....
Yoshiro Mori
Yoshiro Mori
is a Japanese politician who served as the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan starting at 5 April 2000 ending 26 April 2001. Described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark," he was an unpopular prime minister mainly remembered today for his many gaffes and situationally...
Masahiro Morioka
Masahiro Morioka
Masahiro Morioka is a Japanese philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of philosophy of life, bioethics, gender studies, media theory, and civilization studies. He is a professor of philosophy and ethics at Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan...
Hajime Morita
Hiroshi Moriyama
Hiroshi Moriyama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kanoya, Kagoshima and high school graduate, he was elected to the first of his seven terms in the city assembly of Kagoshima in 1975. He was elected to the House of...
Mayumi Moriyama
Mayumi Moriyama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo she worked at the Ministry of Labor from 1950 to 1980...
Toshimitsu Motegi
Toshimitsu Motegi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , Tsushima Facation, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
Jin Murai
Jin Murai
is the governor of Nagano Prefecture in Japan. After growing up in Matsumoto, Nagano, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1959 and entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry upon graduation. In 1986 he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet for the first time...
Seiichiro Murakami
Seiichiro Murakami
was the Minister of State for Regulatory Reform,the Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, the Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform and the Minister of State for Regional Revitalization in Japanese...
Yoshitaka Murata
Yoshitaka Murata
is the Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, the Minister of State for Disaster Management and the Minister of State for National Emergency Legislation in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet....
Kabun Muto
Kabun Muto
was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for a brief period in 1993.Mutō was born in Kakamigahara in Gifu Prefecture in 1926. He studied at the Kyoto University. He was later elected to the House of Representatives of Japan....
Yoji Nagaoka
Jinen Nagase
Jinen Nagase
is a Japanese politician who formerly served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe.He was born in Toyama and obtained his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo. After graduation, he worked in the Ministry of Labour...
Shoichi Nakagawa
Shoichi Nakagawa
was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party , who served as Minister of Finance from September 24, 2008 to February 17, 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinet of...
Hidenao Nakagawa
Hidenao Nakagawa
is a Japanese politician who is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and the House of Representatives of the Diet . He served Yoshirō Mori as Chief Cabinet Secretary from July 2000 to October 2000. In 2006 he was appointed secretary-general of the party.-References:...
Seiji Nakamura
Seiji Nakamura
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Naha, Okinawa and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1983 after serving in local assemblies in Okinawa.- External links :* in...
Shozaburo Nakamura
Kazuyoshi Nakanishi
Kiyoshi Nakano
Kiyoshi Nakano
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kawagoe, Saitama and graduate of Meiji University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies in Saitama Prefecture for...
Masashi Nakano
Masashi Nakano
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Tohoku Gakuin University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture.-...
Gen Nakatani
Gen Nakatani
Gen Nakatani is a Japanese politician who served as head of the Japan Defense Agency in the first cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi....
Yasuhide Nakayama
Yasuhide Nakayama
is a Japanese former Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and has served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for six years representing the Liberal Democratic Party . His first-hand experience of Japanese politics goes back 15 years...
Taro Nakayama
Taro Nakayama
is a Japanese doctor and politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka he received a Ph.D in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis...
Nariaki Nakayama
Nariaki Nakayama
is a Japanese politician. He served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi and later as Minister of Land，Infrastructure，Transport and Tourism under Taro Aso...
Takumi Nemoto
Takumi Nemoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1974...
Toshihiro Nikai
Toshihiro Nikai
is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party , Nikai is currently serving in his eighth term in the Lower House representing Wakayama's Third District....
Takeshi Nishida
Koya Nishikawa
Koya Nishikawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shioya District, Tochigi he attended Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as both undergraduate and graduate students. After college, he worked at the government...
Kyoko Nishikawa
Kyoko Nishikawa
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōme, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University she was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :* in Japanese...
Kosaburo Nishime
Kosaburo Nishime
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Chinen, Okinawa and graduate of Sophia University he was elected to the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for the first time in 1988 and to the Diet for the first time in 2003...
Akihiro Nishimura
Akihiro Nishimura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate students...
Akira Nishino
Akira Nishino (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Higashiosaka, Osaka and graduate of Kansai University he was elected to the assembly of Osaka Prefecture for the first time in 1975. In 1993 he unsuccessfully ran for the...
Yuya Niwa
Yuya Niwa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Niihari District, Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1979 after working as a writer for Yomiuri Shimbun...
Seiko Noda
Seiko Noda
is a Japanese politician. As of 2005 she is a member of the House of Representatives , serving her fifth term and representing the 1st District of Gifu Prefecture; she is also currently the State Minister in charge of Consumer Affairs...
Takeshi Noda
Takeshi Noda
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1964. In 1972 when his father-in-law Takeo Noda died, he left the ministry to...
Hosei Norota
Hosei Norota
is a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Noshiro, Akita and graduate of Chuo University he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1953. Leaving the ministry, he was elected to the House of Councilors in the Diet for the...
Kazuko Nose
Fukushiro Nukaga
Fukushiro Nukaga
is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1983 and represents Ibaraki's 2nd district. He was Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008....
Yuko Obuchi
Yuko Obuchi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and the current Minister of State in charge of the Declining Birthrate....
Yoshiro Okamoto
Yoshiro Okamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokushima, Tokushima, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in March 1967. Upon graduate, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which is now part of...
Hachiro Okonogi
Hachiro Okonogi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected for the first time in 1993.- External links :...
Shinsuke Okuno
Shinsuke Okuno
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Gose, Nara and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003....
Shigeo Omae
Shigeo Omae
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kawanishi, Hyōgo and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the assembly of Hyōgo Prefecture for the first time in 1979 where he served for six terms...
Koji Omi
Koji Omi
is a Japanese politician, served as Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe.Omi was born in Numata, Gunma Prefecture and graduated with a degree in Commerce from Hitotsubashi University. He joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and later served as consul general of Japan...
Hideaki Omura
Hideaki Omura
is a Japanese politician, the governor of Aichi Prefecture. He was a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party, also a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hekinan, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and...
Shinya Ono
Shinya Ono
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Niihama, Ehime, he attended the University of Tokyo and received a master's degree in aeronautice from it...
Yoshinori Ono
Matsushige Ono
Matsushige Ono
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sayama, Saitama and high school graduate, he was elected to the assembly of Saitama Prefecture in 1979 where he served for two terms, and then to be the mayor of his hometown...
Itsunori Onodera
Itsunori Onodera
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kesennuma, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology as an undergraduate and the University of Tokyo as a graduate. He was elected to the House of...
Tadamori Oshima
Tadamori Oshima
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974 and was elected to the assembly of Aomori Prefecture...
Sadatoshi Ozato
Toshitsugu Saito
Toshitsugu Saito
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fuji, Shizuoka and graduate of Sophia University, he attended Waseda University for graduate study and business school at the University of Washington in the United States...
Tetsushi Sakamoto
Tetsushi Sakamoto
is a Japanese politician, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet representing the Liberal Democratic Party . A native of Ōzu, Kumamoto and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Kumamoto Prefecture for four terms since 1991...
Goji Sakamoto
Goji Sakamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the city assembly of Iwaki since 1972 and in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for three terms since...
Yoshitaka Sakurada
Yoshitaka Sakurada
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kashiwa, Chiba and graduate of Meiji University, he had served in the city assembly of Kashiwa for two terms since 1987 and in the assembly of Chiba Prefecture since 1995...
Ikuzo Sakurai
Ikuzo Sakurai
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fujisawa, Kanagawa and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the city assembly of Fujisawa...
Takashi Sasagawa
Takashi Sasagawa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Bunkyō, Tokyo and dropout from Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after two unsuccessful runs in 1972 and 1983. In 1993 he left the LDP and...
Genichiro Sata
Genichiro Sata
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is presently the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. He was elected by the first district of the Japanese prefecture of Gunma...
Akira Sato
Akira Sato
was a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of girls and of Europe.Satō was born on 30 July 1930 in Tokyo. While a student of economics at Yokohama National University he was an avid reader of Life and other photographic and fashion magazines at the American CIE library in Hibiya. He...
Tsutomu Sato
Tsutomu Sato (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shimotsuga District, Tochigi and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the assembly of...
Ren Sato
Ren Sato
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Usa District, Ōita and graduate of Meiji University, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Nakatsu, Ōita in 1987 but was elected to the assembly of Ōita Prefecture in 1991...
Shinji Sato
Tatsuo Sato
Tatsuo Sato (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukushima, Fukushima, he attended the University of Tokyo and passed the bar exam while in the school. Upon graduation in 1961 he joined the Ministry of International Trade...
Masahiko Shibayama
Masahiko Shibayama
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2004.- External links :* in Japanese....
Akira Shichijo
Akira Shichijo
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kamiita, Tokushima and graduate of Tokyo University of Agriculture, he had served in the assembly of Tokushima Prefecture for four terms since 1981...
Yoshinobu Shimamura
Yoshinobu Shimamura
is a Japanese politician and current Leader of the Opposition.Born in Edogawa, Tokyo in Tokyo, he graduated from the Faculty of Politics & Economics at Gakushuin University in 1956 and then entered ENEOS, a Japanese oil company...
Hakubun Shimomura
Hakubun Shimomura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Takasaki, Gunma and graduate of Waseda University, he had served in the assembly of Tokyo for two terms since 1989. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the...
Ryu Shionoya
Ryu Shionoya
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and the current Minister of Education, Science and Technology. A native of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka and graduate of Ambassador College and Keio University, he was elected to the House of...
Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Yasuhisa Shiozaki
is a Japanese politician who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe until August 2007.Born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, he was an AFS exchange student in high school, graduated with a liberal arts degree from the University of Tokyo and attended the John F. Kennedy School...
Hiroyuki Sonoda
Hiroyuki Sonoda
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Amakusa District, Kumamoto and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected for the first time in 1986...
Yoshihide Suga
Yoshihide Suga
is a Japanese politician who had served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe until August 2007.He was born in Ogachi , Akita Prefecture and obtained an LL.B. from Hosei University in Tokyo...
Isshu Sugawara
Isshu Sugawara
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nerima, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Nerima, Tokyo for the first time in 1991 where he served for two terms after an...
Seiken Sugiura
Seiken Sugiura
Seiken Sugiura is a Japanese politician. He was named Minister of Justice on October 31, 2005 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Justice Minister...
Keisuke Sunada
Tsuneo Suzuki
Tsuneo Suzuki
is a Japanese politician serving his sixth term in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after an unsuccessful run in 1983, both as a member...
Junji Suzuki
Junji Suzuki
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Seto, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate...
Shunichi Suzuki
Kotaro Tachibana
Tsuyoshi Takagi
Tsuyoshi Takagi
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tsuruga, Fukui and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University he was elected for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.-External links:* in Japanese....
Tsutomu Takebe
Tsutomu Takebe
was secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party from 2004 to 2006. He was succeeded by Hidenao Nakagawa.-References:...
Ryota Takeda
Ryota Takeda
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tagawa District, Fukuoka and graduate of Waseda University he was elected for the first time in 2003 after running unsuccessfully three times in 1993, 1996 and...
Naokazu Takemoto
Naokazu Takemoto
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Minamikawachi District, Osaka and graduate of the University of Kyoto he was elected for the first time in 1996.-External links:* in Japanese....
Wataru Takeshita
Wataru Takeshita
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita.-External links:* ...
Makoto Taki
Makoto Taki
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as an independent. A native of Ōta, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he was elected for the first time in 1996.- External links :* in Japanese....
Tokuichiro Tamazawa
Tokuichiro Tamazawa
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a native of Tarō, Iwate and attended a graduate school at Waseda University...
Norihisa Tamura
Norihisa Tamura
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and graduate of Chiba University he was elected for the first time in 1996.-External links:...
Yasufumi Tanahashi
Yasufumi Tanahashi
is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, the Minister of State for Food Safety and the Minister of State for Information Technology in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet....
Kazunori Tanaka
Kazunori Tanaka
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies.-External links:* in...
Hideo Tanaka
Koichi Tani
Koichi Tani
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Muraoka, Hyōgo and graduate of Meiji University he was elected for the first time in 2005.-External links:...
Sadakazu Tanigaki
Sadakazu Tanigaki
is a conservative Japanese politician who served as Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, in the cabinet of Jun'ichirō Koizumi. He also served as Minister of Construction and Transport in the cabinet of Yasuo Fukuda and is serving his ninth term as a member of the House of Representatives,...
Yaichi Tanigawa
Yaichi Tanigawa
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Nagasaki and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving in the assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1999 to...
Takashi Tanihata
Takashi Tanihata
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka Prefecture and graduate of Kansai University he was elected for the first time in 1989 after an unsuccessful run in 1986.-External links:* in Japanese....
Tatsuya Tanimoto
Tatsuya Tanimoto
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working as a bartender and an aide to Representative...
Ryotaro Tanose
Ryotaro Tanose
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Gojō, Nara and graduate of Nagoya Institute of Technology, he had served in the city assembly of Gojo for two terms since 1973 and the assembly of Nara Prefecture for two...
Minoru Terada
Minoru Terada
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Hiroshima Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980, attending Harvard University in United States while in the...
Kisaburo Tokai
Kisaburo Tokai
is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008. Tokai, like Fukuda, attended Waseda University.-External links:*...
Shinako Tsuchiya
Shinako Tsuchiya
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kasukabe, Saitama and graduate of University of the Sacred Heart he was elected for the first time in 1996. Her father is Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, former governor of...
Yuji Tsushima
Yuji Tsushima
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Aomori, Aomori, he attended University of Tokyo and passed the bar exam while still in college...
Kyoichi Tsushima
Shigeo Uetake
Osamu Uno
Osamu Uno
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Moriyama, Shiga and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Shiga Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of...
Hiromichi Watanabe
Hiromichi Watanabe
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Matsudo, Chiba, he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University...
Tomoyoshi Watanabe
Tomoyoshi Watanabe
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kasuya District, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyushu University, he worked at the Ministry of Transport from 1964 to 1994...
Yoshimi Watanabe
Yoshimi Watanabe
is a Japanese politician, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party and currently of the President of Your Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
Tamisuke Watanuki
Tamisuke Watanuki
Tamisuke Watanuki is a Japanese politician from the Toyama Prefecture. He started his own export-import company at age 28....
Daishiro Yamagiwa
Daishiro Yamagiwa
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa, he graduated from Yamaguchi University and received a Ph.D in veterinary medicine from the University of Tokyo...
Taimei Yamaguchi
Taimei Yamaguchi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hiki District, Saitama and graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.-External links:* in Japanese....
Shunichi Yamaguchi
Shunichi Yamaguchi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, Yamaguchi went to Paris to study at the University of Paris . During his stay there, he resolved to contribute to Japan as a politician...
Yuji Yamamoto
Yuji Yamamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kochi Prefecture and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Kōchi Prefecture in 1985 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in...
Akihiko Yamamoto
Akihiko Yamamoto
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Aichi Prefecture and graduate of Nagoya University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of...
Taku Yamamoto
Taku Yamamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of...
Koichi Yamamoto
Koichi Yamamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to his one term in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first...
Takafumi Yamashita
Takafumi Yamashita
Takafumi Yamashita , born November 11, 1987, is a Japanese professional ice hockey Defenceman currently playing for the Oji Eagles of the Asia League....
Takuji Yanagimoto
Takuji Yanagimoto
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Osaka, Osaka, he attended Waseda University as a graduate student. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Osaka in 1975...
Hakuo Yanagisawa
Hakuo Yanagisawa
was the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan . He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives. His constituency is Shizuoka Prefecture 3rd District....
Eita Yashiro
Okiharu Yasuoka
Okiharu Yasuoka
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1972 as an independent. He later joined the LDP...
Yoshio Yatsu
Yoshio Yatsu
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tatebayashi, Gunma and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 1975 and to the House of...
Kaoru Yosano
Kaoru Yosano
is a Japanese politician. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party , the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the House of Representatives, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing Tokyo's first electoral district until his defeat in the Japanese general election, 2009...
Masayoshi Yoshino
Masayoshi Yoshino
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1987 and then to the House of...

New Komeito (34 members)

Kazuyoshi Akaba
Kazuyoshi Akaba
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shinjuku, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993....
Masao Akamatsu
Masao Akamatsu
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Himeji, Hyōgo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990.- External links :* in...
Yasuyuki Eda
Yasuyuki Eda
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yame, Fukuoka, he attended Kumamoto University as both undergraduate and graduate and studied abroad in Boston University in the United States. He was elected for the first time in...
Otohiko Endo
Otohiko Endo
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Gifu, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, attending the University of Cambridge while in the ministry...
Yutaka Fukushima
Yutaka Fukushima
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . He was born in Sakai, Osaka but grew up in Saitama Prefecture. A graduate of Kyoto University, he worked as a doctor in Kyoto for ten years. In 1993 he was elected to the House of...
Noriko Furuya
Noriko Furuya
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Urawa, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003....
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
Tetsuzo Fuyushiba
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . He has been serving as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as Minister of State for Tourism Promotion in Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet.Fuyushiba was born in Shenyang ...
Junji Higashi
Yasuko Ikenobo
Yasuko Ikenobo
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and dropout of Gakushuin University , she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, which later split into...
Yoshihisa Inoue
Yoshihisa Inoue
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Toyama, Toyama and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. He lost his seat in 1993 but was re-elected in...
Noritoshi Ishida
Noritoshi Ishida
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kōchi, he attended the University of Electro-Communications as undergraduate and received a master's degree from Soka University. After that, he worked at the government of Tokyo...
Keiichi Ishii
Keiichi Ishii
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Toshima, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1981 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...
Takenori Kanzaki
Takenori Kanzaki
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . He was born in Tianjin, China during the time part of China was under Japanese occupation. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...
Masatomo Kawai
Nobuo Kawakami
Kazuo Kitagawa
Kazuo Kitagawa
was the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the Japanese Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi.Born in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Kitagawa graduated from Faculty of Law, Soka University and became a lawyer. In 1990, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and since 2004 has...
Kaori Maruya
Kaori Maruya
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sapporo, Hokkaido and graduate of Fuji Women's University, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.- External links :* in Japanese....
Keigo Masuya
Keigo Masuya
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Abu District, Yamaguchi and graduate of the Soka University, he worked at the government of Yamaguchi Prefecture from 1975 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives...
Hiroaki Nagasawa
Hiroyoshi Nishi
Hiroyoshi Nishi
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Arida District, Wakayama he attended University of Tokushima as both an undergraduate and graduate student and taught at a school in Wakayama from 1973 to 1992. In 1993, he was...
Yoshinori Oguchi
Yoshinori Oguchi
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Soka University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993....
Akihiro Ota
Akihiro Ota
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . In 2006 Ota became the president of Komeito Party, replacing Takenori Kanzaki. A native of Shinshiro, Aichi, Ota attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it...
Tetsuo Saito
Tetsuo Saito
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election and is the Minister of the Environment....
Chikara Sakaguchi
Chikara Sakaguchi
is a Japanese politician.He was born in Mie Prefecture and obtained an MD from Mie University. In 1976, he ran for the House of Representatives as a member of Komeitō, and won a proportional representation seat from the Tokai bloc....
Shigeki Sato
Shigeki Sato (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōtsu, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected for the first time in 1993.- External links :* in Japanese....
Taiichi Shiraho
Masahiro Tabata
Masahiro Tabata
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of Doshisha University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 after working as a journalist.- External links :* in Japanese....
Michiyo Takagi
Michiyo Takagi
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and graduate of Soka University she was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:...
Yosuke Takagi
Yosuke Takagi
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Ōta, Tokyo and graduate of Soka University he was elected for the first time in 1993 after working at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun for 7 years.-External links:*...
Takayoshi Taniguchi
Takayoshi Taniguchi
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Osaka Prefecture University he was elected for the first time in 2005.-External links:...
Shigeyuki Tomita
Shigeyuki Tomita
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Choshi, Chiba and graduate of Hitotsubashi University he was elected for the first time in 1990....
Isamu Ueda
Isamu Ueda
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1981 to 1993. He was elected to the House of...
Yoshio Urushibara
Yoshio Urushibara
is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tsubame, Niigata and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, which later split into several parties including...
Yasuhide Yamana

Democratic Party (178 members)

Hirotaka Akamatsu
Hirotaka Akamatsu
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .- Life :A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture and then to the House of...
Yukihiko Akutsu
Ai Aoki
Ai Aoki
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University, she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in...
Satoshi Arai
Jun Azumi
Jun Azumi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Oshika District, Miyagi and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1985 to 1993...
Yutaka Banno
Yutaka Banno
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi he attended Nagoya Institute of Technology both as undergraduate and graduate. Upon graduation, he joined Japanese National Railways in 1985 and JR Central in...
Ryuichi Doi
Ryuichi Doi
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Seoul during the time Korea was occupied by Japan. He attended Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, earning a master's degree...
Yukio Edano
Yukio Edano
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He was the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Kan government. On September 12, 2011, he was named as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry...
Hirohisa Fujii
Hirohisa Fujii
is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Japan . A native of Tokyo, graduate of the University of Tokyo and former official of the Ministry of Finance, he was elected to the House of Councilors for the...
Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Hiroshima University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of the Japan New Party. He lost in...
Kazue Fujita
Yukihisa Fujita
Yukihisa Fujita
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan's parliament, from the Ibaraki constituency. In the House of Councillors he is the Chair of the Committee on Financial Affairs...
Motohisa Furukawa
Motohisa Furukawa
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1988, attending Columbia University in the United States as a ministry official...
Shinichiro Furumoto
Shinichiro Furumoto
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.- External links :* in Japanese....
Koichiro Gemba
Masanori Goto
Yoshio Hachiro
Yoshio Hachiro
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kabato District, Hokkaidō and graduate of Hokkaido University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as an independent. He later joined...
Keiko Hakariya
Kazuhiro Haraguchi
Kazuhiro Haraguchi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Saga, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the assembly of Saga Prefecture for the first time in 1987 as a member of the Liberal Democratic...
Kiyohito Hashimoto
Tsutomu Hata
Tsutomu Hata
is a Japanese politician and was the 80th Prime Minister of Japan for 9 weeks in 1994.He was born in Tokyo, a son of the Liberal Democratic Party Member of Parliament Bushiro Hata. Hata graduated from Seijo University and was employed by the Odakyu bus company from 1958 to 1969...
Yukio Hatoyama
Yukio Hatoyama
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan between 16 September 2009 and 2 June 2010, and was the first ever Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan....
Miyoko Hida
Takeshi Hidaka
Hirofumi Hirano
Hirofumi Hirano
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . He is a native of Katsuragi, Wakayama and he started working for Panasonic Corporation in 1971 after graduating from Chuo University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for...
Hideo Hiraoka
Hideo Hiraoka
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Hiraoka passed the bar exam and civil service exam prior to his graduation at the University of Tokyo...
Hiranao Honda
Ikuo Horigome
Ritsuo Hosokawa
Ritsuo Hosokawa
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Agawa District, Kōchi and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party...
Goshi Hosono
Goshi Hosono
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. He is the current Nuclear Disaster Minister...
Yasuo Ichikawa
Yasuo Ichikawa
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Komatsu, Ishikawa and graduate of Mie University, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1965 to 1990, and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa...
Koichiro Ichimura
Koichiro Ichimura
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukuoka, Fukuoka and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.-...
Fumihiko Igarashi
Motohisa Ikeda
Motohisa Ikeda
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fujisawa, Kanagawa and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK as a reporter from 1964 to 1989...
Tetsuo Inami
Kazuo Inoue
Katsuyuki Ishida
Eiko Ishige
Hajime Ishii
Hajime Ishii
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Kobe, Hyogo, he attended Konan University as an undergraduate and University of California, Los Angeles as a graduate and received a master's degree in political science from...
Chuji Ito
Tetsundo Iwakuni
Tetsundo Iwakuni
is a prominent Japanese politician who, until 2009, represented Democratic Party of Japan, as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . HA native of Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to be the mayor of Izumo, Shimane in 1989...
Kenta Izumi
Kenta Izumi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sapporo and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.- External links...
Fusaho Izumi
Hideo Jimpu
Masamitsu Jojima
Banri Kaieda
Banri Kaieda
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was named after , a Japanese translational name for the Great Wall of China, and later began learning the Chinese language after entering Keio University....
Yasuhiro Kajiwara
Sayuri Kamata
Naoto Kan
Naoto Kan
is a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. On 26 August 2011, Kan announced his resignation...
Seiichi Kaneta
Seiichi Kaneta
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kamiiso District, Hokkaidō and high school graduate, he joined the city government of Hakodate, Hokkaidō in 1966...
Michihiko Kano
Naohiko Kato
Koichi Kato
Koichi Kato (DPJ)
Note: This page is about Koichi Kato , a member of the Democratic Party of Japan serving in the Japanese Diet. There is another Koichi Kato, a well known Liberal Democrat Party leader, also a member of the Diet....
Tatsuo Kawabata
Tatsuo Kawabata
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga, he attended Kyoto University and received a master's degree from it. He was elected for the first time in 1986. His elder brother is former mayor of...
Takashi Kawamura
Takashi Kawamura (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .- Biography :...
Hiroshi Kawauchi
Hiroshi Kawauchi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kagoshima, Kagoshima and graduate of Waseda University, he joined Daiwa Bank in 1986. Leaving the private sector in 2000, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of...
Takashi Kii
Toru Kikawada
Toru Kikawada
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994...
Makiko Kikuta
Makiko Kikuta
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kamo, Niigata, she graduated from a high school in Kamo and studied in Heilongjiang University in China...
Shuji Kira
Shuji Kira
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Oita, Oita and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Oita Prefecture in 2003...
Takeshi Kishimoto
Kenji Kitahashi
Kenji Kitahashi
is the mayor of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka in Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in...
Kenji Kobayashi
Chiyomi Kobayashi
Tadamasa Kodaira
Tadamasa Kodaira
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1990. Prior to go into politics, he have run a ranch.- External links :* in...
Issei Koga
Issei Koga
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yanagawa, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was a bureaucrat at the Ministry of Construction from 1971 to 1988. He was elected to the House of...
Toshiaki Koizumi
Yasuko Komiyama
Yasuko Komiyama
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kawagoe, Saitama, she attended Keio University and received a master's degree from Nihon University...
Yoko Komiyama
Yoko Komiyama
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shibuya, Tokyo and graduate of Seijo University, she worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1972 to 1998...
Yosuke Kondo
Yosuke Kondo
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . Kondo, the son of former Minister of Labor Tetsuo Kondo, was born in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate Keio University, he joined the national newspaper...
Shoichi Kondo
Shoichi Kondo
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of Sophia University, he was elected for the first time in 1996.- External links :...
Azuma Konno
Azuma Konno
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet .A native of Shiogama, Miyagi and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the House of Representatives for...
Daizo Kusuda
Daizo Kusuda
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Chikushino, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2003....
Sumio Mabuchi
Sumio Mabuchi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nara, Nara and graduate of Yokohama National University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.On...
Yukichi Maeda
Yukichi Maeda
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nishikasugai District, Aichi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as an independent.- External links :*...
Seiji Maehara
Seiji Maehara
is a Japanese politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives of Japan since 1993. He was the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan from 2005 to 2006, and later served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Minister of Foreign Affairs under the cabinets...
Yoshio Maki
Yoshio Maki
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nagoya, Aichi and drop-out of Sophia University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.- External links :* in Japanese....
Seishu Makino
Teruhiko Mashiko
Teruhiko Mashiko
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1986 after serving in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for...
Jin Matsubara
Jin Matsubara
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Itabashi, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Tokyo in 1989, and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000...
Kenko Matsuki
Kenko Matsuki
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after unsuccessful runs in 1996 and...
Takeaki Matsumoto
Takeaki Matsumoto
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who is currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent...
Daisuke Matsumoto
Daisuke Matsumoto
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hiroshima, Hiroshima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at The Bank of Tokyo from 1995 to 2000. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...
Ryu Matsumoto
Ryu Matsumoto
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukuoka, Fukuoka and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party...
Yorihisa Matsuno
Yorihisa Matsuno
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kamoto District, Kumamoto and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1998...
Nobuo Matsuno
Nobuo Matsuno
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000...
Kimiaki Matsuzaki
Tetsuhisa Matsuzaki
Tetsuhisa Matsuzaki
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet , representing the Saitama No. 10 District....
Taizo Mikazuki
Taizo Mikazuki
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Otsu, Shiga and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.- External links :* in Japanese....
Wakio Mitsui
Wakio Mitsui
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sapporo, Hokkaido and graduate of Showa Pharmaceutical University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in...
Hiroko Mizushima
Muneaki Murai
Muneaki Murai
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of the former Ōyama, Toyama and graduate of Doshisha University, Murai was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.- External links :* in Japanese....
Hirotami Murakoshi
Kunihiko Muroi
Kunihiko Muroi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Amagasaki and dropout of Otemon Gakuin University, he served in the city assembly of Amagasaki for one term since 1983 and in the assembly of Hyōgo Prefecture for two terms...
Hiroyuki Nagahama
Hiroyuki Nagahama
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of Morihiro Hosokawa's Japan New Party...
Akihisa Nagashima
Akihisa Nagashima
is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan with the Democratic Party of Japan , representing the Tokyo 21st Constituency, as well as a Visiting Professor at Chuo University's Graduate School of Public Studies...
Hisayasu Nagata
Hisayasu Nagata
was a Japanese politician born in Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture.- Biography :Nagata secured a B.S. from University of Tokyo in 1993, and then entered the Ministry of Finance. In 1995, he obtained an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles...
Akira Nagatsuma
Akira Nagatsuma
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet . He came to prominence when he reported missing records of public pension plans...
Takashi Nagayasu
Takashi Nagayasu
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Izumisano, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo he was elected for the first time in 2003.- External links :...
Osamu Nakagawa
Masaharu Nakagawa
Masaharu Nakagawa (House of Representatives)
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Matsusaka, Mie and...
Hiroshi Nakai
Hiroshi Nakai
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Jilin, China during the time part of China was occupied by Japan. A graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1976 after an unsuccessful...
Tetsuji Nakamura
Tetsuji Nakamura
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Ikoma, Nara and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives...
Yasuhiro Nakane
Jo Nakano
Hiroko Nakano
Hiroko Nakano
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Mutsu, Aomori and graduate of Hirosaki Gakuin University she was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2003 after serving in the city assembly of Nemuro,...
Hirosato Nakatsugawa
Ikko Nakatsuka
Yoshikatsu Nakayama
Kinya Narazaki
Chinami Nishimura
Chinami Nishimura
is a Japanese voice actress who has voiced characters in both the Japanese and English-dubbed versions of Pokémon. Nishimura was born in Chiba Prefecture...
Shingo Nishimura
Shingo Nishimura
is a Japanese politician, an independent and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sakai, Osaka and graduate of Kyoto University Faculty of Law he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1992. He is an assenter of "The Truth about...
Yoshihiko Noda
Yoshihiko Noda
is the current Prime Minister of Japan, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan , and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet...
Akihiro Ohata
Akihiro Ohata
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, he attended the Musashi Institute of Technology as both undergraduate and graduate...
Akira Oide
Hisako Oishi
Hisako Oishi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Kanagawa Prefecture and graduate of Yokohama National University, she served in the assembly of Kanagawa Prefecture for five terms since 1971 and in the House of Representatives...
Katsuya Okada
Katsuya Okada
is a Japanese politician. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan, he is Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Japan and was previously its President. From September 2009 to September 2010, he was Foreign Minister of Japan....
Kazumasa Okajima
Mitsunori Okamoto
Mitsunori Okamoto
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yōkaichi, Shiga and graduate of Nagoya University, he obtained his medical license in 1996 and received his Ph.D in medicine from Nagoya University. He was elected to the...
Ken Okuda
Tenzo Okumura
Tenzo Okumura
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Koga, Shiga and dropout of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected to the town assembly of Kōsei, Shiga , to the assembly of Shiga Prefecture in 1979 and to the House of...
Atsushi Oshima
Atsushi Oshima
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kitamoto, Saitama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2000.- External links :...
Nobumori Otani
Sakihito Ozawa
Sakihito Ozawa
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kofu, Yamanashi, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and received a master's degree in political science from Saitama University...
Ichiro Ozawa
Ichiro Ozawa
is a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party , he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the...
Hirofumi Ryu
Hirofumi Ryu
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukuoka city and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after working at TV Asahi. He is a supporter of the...
Muneaki Samejima
Hidenori Sasaki
Koji Sato
Koji Sato (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Mitsugi District, Hiroshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal...
Kenichiro Sato
Yoshito Sengoku
Yoshito Sengoku
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Tokushima, Tokushima prefecture. While studying in the University of Tokyo, he passed the bar exam and therefore dropped out of the university...
Satoshi Shima
Hisashi Shimada
Mitsu Shimojo
Mitsu Shimojo
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Matsumoto, Nagano and graduate of Shinshu University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.- External links :* in Japanese....
Takashi Shinohara
Takashi Shinohara
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Nakano, Nagano and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries...
Yasuhiro Sonoda
Yasuhiro Sonoda
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Amakusa District, Kumamoto he attended Nihon University as undergraduate and graduate students and Keio University as a research student...
Hiroshi Sudo
Yoshinori Suematsu
Yoshinori Suematsu
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kitakyūshū and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1980, receiving a master's degree from Princeton University while in the...
Nobuhiko Suto
Yasutomo Suzuki
Yasutomo Suzuki
is the mayor of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka in Japan. A 1980 graduate of Keio University, he was first elected mayor in 2007 after serving in the House of Representatives in Diet for two terms.- External links :*...
Katsumasa Suzuki
Katsumasa Suzuki
is a Japanese politician who is a member of House of Representatives and Democratic Party of Japan.Born in Gamagōri, Aichi he graduated from Nihon University with a degree in economics. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000....
Issei Tajima
Issei Tajima
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Hikone, Shiga he earned his undergraduate degree in Chuo University, study-abroad credit in Carleton College in Minnesota, United States and master's degree in...
Kaname Tajima
Kaname Tajima
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Nagoya, Aichi he attended the University of Tokyo and also earned MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
Miho Takai
Miho Takai
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Miyoshi District, Tokushima and graduate of Waseda University she was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000...
Yoshiaki Takaki
Yoshiaki Takaki
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi and high-school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1990 after serving in the union executive and local assemblies for...
Satoshi Takayama
Satoshi Takayama
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Meiji University he was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:...
Koichi Takemasa
Koichi Takemasa
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1995 after an unsuccessful run in 1991.-External links:* in Japanese....
Yuriko Takeyama
Kazuya Tamaki
Keishu Tanaka
Makiko Tanaka
Makiko Tanaka
is a Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University...
Yoshikazu Tarui
Shinji Tarutoko
Shinji Tarutoko
is a Japanese democratic politician. In June 2010, he declared his intention to run against Naoto Kan for the leadership of the Democratic Party of Japan; had he won, he would have become the next Prime Minister of Japan...
Takuya Tasso
Takuya Tasso
is the governor of Iwate Prefecture. A native of Morioka, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988, receiving a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University in the United States while with the ministry...
Manabu Terata
Manabu Terata
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Yokote, Akita and graduate of Chuo University he was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:*...
Yoshio Tezuka
Megumu Tsuji
Keisuke Tsumura
Keisuke Tsumura
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Tsuyama, Okayama, he attended the University of Tokyo and received MBA from Oxford University. He was elected for the first time in 2003.-External links:*...
Nobutaka Tsutsui
Nobutaka Tsutsui
is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Nakakubiki District, Niigata and graduate of Waseda University he was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party after an...
Yuzuru Tsuzuki
Yukio Ubukata
Akira Uchiyama
Akira Uchiyama
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kashiwa, Chiba and graduate of Senshu University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.- External links :* in Japanese....
Noboru Usami
Takashi Wada
Yasuhiko Wakai
Seizo Wakaizumi
Shu Watanabe
Shu Watanabe
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun from 1987 to 1999...
Kozo Watanabe
Kozo Watanabe
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tajima, Fukushima and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of...
Masahiko Yamada
Masahiko Yamada
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukue, Nagasaki, a Roman Catholic, and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in...
Ikuo Yamahana
Kazunori Yamanoi
Kazunori Yamanoi
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kyoto, Kyoto, he attended the University of Kyoto as both undergraduate and graduate. He also studied in a school in Sweden for two years...
Kenji Yamaoka
Kenji Yamaoka
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Oyama, Tochigi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the first of two terms in the House of Councilors in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the...
Osamu Yamauchi
Takahiro Yokomichi
Takahiro Yokomichi
is a Japanese politician who belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan and is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the first of his five terms in the House of Representatives in 1969 as a...
Takashi Yonezawa
Izumi Yoshida
Izumi Yoshida
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to be the mayor of Iwaki in 1996...
Osamu Yoshida

Japan Communist Party (8 members)

Ikuko Ishii
Ikuko Ishii
is a Japanese politician and member for the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
Keiji Kokuta
Keiji Kokuta
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
Kensho Sasaki
Kensho Sasaki
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
Kazuo Shii
Kazuo Shii
is a Japanese politician and chairman of the Japanese Communist Party .- Early life :Shii was born in Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Physical Engineering at Tokyo University...
Tetsuya Shiokawa
Tetsuya Shiokawa
Tetsuya Shiokawa is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party....
Chizuko Takahashi
Chizuko Takahashi
Chizuko Takahashi is a Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.-References:...
Tomio Yamaguchi
Hidekatsu Yoshii
Hidekatsu Yoshii
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for Japanese Communist Party.A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Sakai, Osaka in 1971 and then to his one term in the assembly of Osaka...

Social Democratic Party (6 members)

Tomoko Abe
Tomoko Abe
is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is the policy chief of the Social Democratic Party, a small liberal political party. Ms. Abe is also a leader of a group of lawmakers called Energy Shift Japan, who are pushing the government to consider alternatives to...
Takako Doi
Takako Doi
was a prominent Japanese politician from 1980 until her retirement in 2005.Doi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture and graduated from Doshisha University, where she studied law. She was elected to the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Diet, as a member of the Japan Socialist Party in 1969,...
Kantoku Teruya
Mitsuko Tomon
Kiyohiro Yamamoto
Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Usa, Ōita and graduate of the University of Kitakyushu, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as an independent...

Independents (7 members)

Junichiro Koga
Yohei Kono
Yohei Kono
is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election...
Kansei Nakano
Kansei Nakano
is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and the Vice-Speaker of the Lower House of the Diet.Nakano was born in 1940 in Nagasaki. At age four, he experienced the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. In 1963, he graduated from the Law Department of Kansai University.Beginning...
Yasutoshi Nishimura
Yasutoshi Nishimura
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party , a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Akashi, Hyōgo and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1985, attending the University of Maryland while in the...
Torao Tokuda
Shogo Tsugawa

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