43rd House of Representatives Representatives elected in the Japanese general election, 2003 This is a list of Representatives elected to the House of Representatives for the Forty-Third session of the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan at the 2003 general election, held on November 9, 2003.-Composition:...	(2003)
44th House of Representatives Representatives elected in the Japanese general election, 2005 This is a list of Representatives elected to the House of Representatives for the Forty-Fourth session of the House of Representatives of the National Diet of Japan at the 2005 general election, held on 11 September 2005.-Composition:...	(2005)
45th House of Representatives	(2009 Japanese general election, 2009 A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan.... )

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-Fifth 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

Japan

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 2009 general election

Japanese general election, 2009

A general election in Japan was held on August 30, 2009, for all 480 seats of the House of Representatives of Japan, the lower house of the Diet of Japan....

, held on 30 August 2009.

Composition

Affiliation		During Election (parties)	Current Members (parliamentary groups) (as of 17 June 2010)
	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...	308	307
	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...	119	116
	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...	21	21
	Japan Communist Party	9	9
	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...  / Citizen's Alliance	7	7
	Your Party Your Party is a center-right Japanese political party. Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party , the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Aso dissolved the lower house. A concept behind the party is to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate...	5	5
	People's New Party People's New Party The People's New Party is a centre-right, Conservative, Japanese political party formed on 17 August 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election.-History:The Kokumin Shinto, headed by Shizuka Kamei, includes...	3	4
	Sunrise Sunrise Party of Japan The is a Japanese political party. The political party is formed by five Japanese lawmakers and parliamentarians, four former members of the Liberal Democratic Party and an independent politician. It was named by the veteran Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Shintarō Ishihara who supported the...	—	3
	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...  - Minor Parties	8	4
Total		480	478 (2 vacancies)
Government Majority		318	319
Opposition		162	161

Graphical representation of the House of Representatives

This is a comparison of the party/coalition strengths in the House of Representatives (as of 4 June 2010):
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...

 (308)

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...

 (118)

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...

 (21)

Communist Party

Japanese Communist Party

The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism...

 (9)

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...

 (7)

Your Party

Your Party

is a center-right Japanese political party. Led by Yoshimi Watanabe, who split from the Liberal Democratic Party , the party was founded on August 8, 2009 after then-Prime Minister Aso dissolved the lower house. A concept behind the party is to make the government more democratic, and to eliminate...

 (5)

People's New Party

People's New Party

The People's New Party is a centre-right, Conservative, Japanese political party formed on 17 August 2005 in the aftermath of the defeat of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Japan Post privatisation bills which led to a snap election.-History:The Kokumin Shinto, headed by Shizuka Kamei, includes...

 (3)

Sunrise Party

Sunrise Party of Japan

The is a Japanese political party. The political party is formed by five Japanese lawmakers and parliamentarians, four former members of the Liberal Democratic Party and an independent politician. It was named by the veteran Tokyo Metropolitan Governor Shintarō Ishihara who supported the...

 (3)

Independents / Others

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...

 (8)

List of Representatives elected in the general election

As of 16 September 2009

Note: Affiliation among Representatives elected may change at any given time.

Democratic Party (311 members)

• 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...
  
  
• Yukihiko Akutsu
• Yoshinobu Achiha
• Shino Aihara
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Shozo Azuma
• Shinsuke Amiya
• Satoshi Arai
• Fumihiko Igarashi
• Masae Ido
• 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...
  
  
• 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.-...
  
  
• Akira Ishii
• Toshiro Ishii
• Tomohiro Ishikawa
  Tomohiro Ishikawa
  is an independent member of the House of Representatives elected to the 11th District of Hokkaidō, Japan. He is a former secretary to the Democratic Party of Japan Secretary-General Ichirō Ozawa....
  
  
• Eiko Ishige
• Takashi Ishizeki
  Takashi Ishizeki
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Isesaki, Gunma and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications from 1994 to 1998, during which time he studied at the University...
  
  
• Katsuyuki Ishida
• Mitsuji Ishida
• Yoshihiro Ishida
• Masao Ishizu
• Yozaburo Ishihara
• Hisatsugu Ishimori
• Keiki Ishiyama
• 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...
  
  
• Kayoko Isogai
• 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.-...
  
  
• Masaaki Itokawa
  Masaaki Itokawa
  is a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005....
  
  
• Shuji Inatomi
• Tetsuo Inami
• Masato Imai
• 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....
  
  
• Akashi Uchikoshi
• Yukio Ubukata
• Takako Ebata
• 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...
  
  
• Junya Ogawa
  Junya Ogawa
  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 the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1994. Leaving the ministry in 2003, he ran unsuccessfully for the House...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Masatoshi Onoduka
• Mai Ohara
• Rintaro Ogata
• Hiroko Oizumi
• Hiroshi Ogushi
  Hiroshi Ogushi
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kishima District, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1989 and received an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles in...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Kei Otani
• Nobumori Otani
• Kensuke Onishi
• Takanori Onishi
• 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...
  
  
• Masahiro Oyama
• Kazumi Ota
  Kazumi Ota
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . She was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 2005 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2006....
  
  
• Seiji Osaka
  Seiji Osaka
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Niseko, Hokkaidō and graduate of Hokkaido University, he worked at the town government of Niseko from 1983 to 1994...
  
  
• Kazumasa Okajima
• 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....
  
  
• Yasuhiro Okada
• Eiko Okamoto
• 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
• Soichiro Okuno
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Gaku Kato
• Michihiko Kano
• 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....
  
  
• Masaaki Kakinuma
• Tamiko Kasahara
• Yasuhiro Kajiwara
• Koichiro Katsumata
• Tadashi Kanamori
• Kenichi Kaneko
• Yosuke Kamiyama
• 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...
  
  
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  Hiroshi Kawaguchi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1956 and 1983. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Filmography:Filmography of Hiroshi Kawaguchi include:...
  
   (independent)
• Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  Hiroshi Kawaguchi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 37 films between 1956 and 1983. He was born in Tokyo, Japan.-Filmography:Filmography of Hiroshi Kawaguchi include:...
  
  
• Takahiro Kawagoe
• Tomotaro Kawashima
• 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...
  
  
• Hidesaburo Kawamura (independent)
• Mitsue Kawakami
• 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...
  
   (Prime Minister)
• Takatane Kiuchi
• Taketsuka Kimura
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Chouemon Kikuchi
• Shuhei Kishimoto
• Keiro Kitagami
  Keiro Kitagami
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo and graduate of Kyoto University, he joined the Ministry of Finance. After leaving the ministry, he was elected for the first time in 2005.- External links :* in...
  
  
• Kimiko Kyouno
• Hitomi Kudo
  Hitomi Kudo
  is a Japanese actress and former AV idol. Her name is also found as Hitomi Kudou and Hitomi Kudoh.-Life and career:Hitomi Kudo was born in Tokyo on August 17, 1969 and made her AV debut in the July 1989 release under the h.m.p. Miss Christine label...
  
  
• Mari Kushibuchi
• 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....
  
  
• Tetsuo Kutsukake
  Tetsuo Kutsukake
  is a Japanese politician. He was named Minister of State,Chairman of National Public Safety Commission on October 31, 2005.-Source:http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/bin/candidate/profile/profile.php?id=60171...
  
  
• Sadatoshi Kumagai
• Atsushi Kumada
• Takahiro Kuroiwa
• Yu Kuroda
• Isao Kuwabara
• Koichiro Gemba
• Toshiaki Koizumi
• 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...
  
  
• Koki Kobayashi
• Chiyomi Kobayashi
• Masae Kobayashi
• 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...
  
  
• Hisaaki Komuro
• Nobuhiro Koyama
• 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...
  
  

• Takaaki Koga
• Hidetomo Goto
• Hitoshi Goto
  Hitoshi Goto
  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 and graduate of Tohoku University, he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1980 to 1995. He was elected for the first time in...
  
  
• Yuichi Goto
• Kazuko Koori
• Kazuya Kondo
• 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 :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Takahiro Sasaki
  Takahiro Sasaki
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Shibetsu, Hokkaidō and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of Hokkaidō for...
  
  
• Yuko Sato
• Takeshi Saiki
• Susumu Saito
• Tsuyoshi Saito
• Yasunori Saito
• Takehiro Sakaguchi
• Naoto Sakaguchi
• Ryuzo Sasaki
  Ryuzo Sasaki
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukui, Fukui, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as an independent...
  
  
• Takeshi Shina
  Takeshi Shina
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A 1991 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2007.- 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...
  
  
• Masanao Shibahashi
• 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....
  
  
• Koriki Jojima
• Yoichi Shiraishi
• Hideo Jinpu
  Hideo Jinpu
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Koga, Ibaraki and graduate of Hosei University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Ibaraki Prefecture in 1994. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the...
  
  
• Nobuhio Suto
• Chobin Zukeran
  Chobin Zukeran
  is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, representing district 4 of Okinawa . He was elected in the 2009 Japanese general election. He is an outspoken proponent of the removal of American bases from Okinawa.- References :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Kazumi Sugimoto
• Hiroshi Sugekawa
• 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....
  
  
• Muneo Suzuki
  Muneo Suzuki
  Muneo Suzuki is a Japanese politician from Ashoro, Hokkaidō. He is typically referred to as "Muneo", because his last name, "Suzuki", is one of the most common names in Japan.- Early career :...
  
   (New Party Daichi
  New Party Daichi
  New Party Daichi is a political party formed on August 18, 2005. The party is headed by former Liberal Democratic Party member Muneo Suzuki. Suzuki resigned from the LDP in June 2002 after being arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes...
  
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• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Seiki Soramoto
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Masayo Tanabu
  Masayo Tanabu
  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 Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Tamagawa Gakuguen Junior College for Women she was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Mieko Tanaka
• Yasuo Tanaka
  Yasuo Tanaka
  is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon and has been elected to Japan's legislatures.- Early life :...
  
   (New Party Nippon
  New Party Nippon
  The New Party Nippon is a Japanese political party formed on August 21, 2005. The party is headed by the former Nagano governor Yasuo Tanaka, and includes Diet members Kōki Kobayashi , Takashi Aoyama, Makoto Taki, and Hiroyuki Arai, who left the Liberal Democratic Party in opposition to Prime...
  
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• Kenji Tamura
  Kenji Tamura
  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 Shizuoka, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1991 to 2002 and attended the Ford School at the University...
  
  
• Tomoyuki Taira
• Takashi Takai
• 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...
  
  
• Mamoru Takano
• Shoichi Takahashi
• Hideyuki Takahashi
• Kazuo Takamatsu
• Tsutomu Takamura
• 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:...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Mitsuaki Takeda
• 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....
  
  
• Hidenori Tachibana
• Tomoko Tamaki
• Yuichiro Tamaki
• Denny Tamaki
• Kimiyoshi Tamaki
• 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...
  
  
• Atsushi Chugo
• Shougo Tsugawa
• Kyoichi Tsushima
• 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:*...
  
  
• Megumu Tsuji
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshio Tezuka
• 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:*...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Seiichiro Dokyu
• Yoshitada Tomioka
• Juntaro Toyoda
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Masaki Nakajima
• Masazumi Nakajima
• Hirosato Nakatsugawa
• Ikko Nakatsuka
• Yasuhiro Nakane
• 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...
  
  
• Joe Nakano
• Noriko Nakanowatari
• Mieko Nakabayashi
• Yoshikatsu Nakayama
• 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,...
  
  
• Takako Nagae
• Takashi Nagao
• 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...
  
  
• Kazuyoshi Nagashima
• 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 :...
  
  
• Hirobumi Niki
• 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...
  
  
• Minoru Nogi
• Kuniyoshi Noda
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Hitoshi Hagihara
• Kiyohito Hashimoto
• Hiroaki Hashimoto
• Ben Hashimoto
• Koji Hata
• 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...
  
  
• Akihiro Hatsushika
• 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....
  
  
• Hiroki Hanasaki
• Hiroshi Hamamoto
• Kumiko Hayakawa
  Kumiko Hayakawa
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . She was elected for the first time in 2009. A native of Katsushika, Tokyo, She attended California State University, Sacramento....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

• Toshikazu Higuchi
• Takeshi Hidaka
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tairou Hirayama
• Kenichiro Fukushima
• Nobuyuki Fukushima
• Akio Fukuda
  Akio Fukuda
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of Imaichi in 1971 and became the mayor of the city in 1991, serving for three terms...
  
  
• Eriko Fukuda
• 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...
  
  
• Kazue Fujita
• Daisuke Fujita
• Norihiko Fujita
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Hiranao Honda
• 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...
  
  
• 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
• Hirotaka Matsuoka
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Isao Matsumiya
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Taizo Mikatsuki
• Mitsuo Mitani
  Mitsuo Mitani
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kure, Hiroshima and graduate of Osaka University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after unsuccessful runs in 2003 and...
  
  
• Kazuya Mimura
• Yukiko Miyake
• Nobuaki Miwa
• 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...
  
  
• Tomohiko Mizuno
• Inao Minayoshi
• Takeshi Miyazaki
• Daisuke Miyajima
• Koichi Mukoyama
• 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....
  
  
• Fumiyoshi Murakami
• Hirotami Murakoshi
• Hideko Muroi
• Kentaro Motomura
• Yoiciro Morioka
• Kazuyoshi Morimoto
• Tetsuo Morimoto
  Tetsuo Morimoto
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Iinan, Shimane and graduate of Tsu City College, he worked at the government of the town of Iinan from 1968 to 1998...
  
  
• Hiroyuki Moriyama
  Hiroyuki Moriyama
  Hiroyuki Moriyama is a Japanese-born artist living in France since 1964 Moriyama left his native Kumamoto prefecture in 1963.- Select works :* 2003 -- , Kumamoto, Japan.- External links :* Orange, Vaucluse:...
  
  
• Kouji Yazaki
• Hajime Yatagawa
• Kazumi Yanagita
• Shiori Yamao
• 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...
  
  
• Tatsumaru Yamaoka
• Kazuyuki Yamaguchi
• Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Aioi, Hyōgo and 1978 graduate of the faculty of law at the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 and received a Ph.D from SAIS at The Johns...
  
  
• Maya Yamazaki
• Makoto Yamazaki
• 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...
  
  
• Ryoji Yamada
• 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...
  
  
• Ikuo Yamahana
• Gosei Yamamoto
• Shunji Yuhara
• Michiyoshi Yunoki
  Michiyoshi Yunoki
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and graduate of Okayama University, he worked at the publisher Yurindo from 1997 to 2002...
  
  
• Katuhito Yokokume
• 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...
  
  
• Hokuto Yokoyama
  Hokuto Yokoyama
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D in political science from Tokai University...
  
  
• Masashige Yoshikawa
• 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
• Koichi Yoshida
• Tsunehiko Yoshida
• 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...
  
  
• Miki Wajima
• Takashi Wada
• Yasuhiko Wakai
• Seizo Wakaizumi
• Eiichiro Washio
  Eiichiro Washio
  is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Niigata, Niigata and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at Ernst & Young ShinNihon from 2001 to 2005....
  
  
• Koichiro Watanabe
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshihiko Watanabe
• 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...
  
  

People's New Party (4 Members)

• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Mikio Shimoji
  Mikio Shimoji
  is a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hirara, Okinawa and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party...
  
  
• Yasuo Tanaka
  Yasuo Tanaka
  is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon and has been elected to Japan's legislatures.- Early life :...
  
  

Liberal Democratic Party (118 members)

• 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...
  
  
• Ryosei Akazawa
  Ryosei Akazawa
  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 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport in 1984 and attended Cornell University in the United States while in the ministry...
  
  
• Kenya Akiba
  Kenya Akiba
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Miyagi Prefecture, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his master's degree from Tohoku University...
  
  
• Tarō Asō
  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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Toshiko Abe
  Toshiko Abe
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Miyagi Prefecture, she attended Miyagi Gakuin Women's Junior College and Mitsui Memorial Hospital Nursing School;UAB in Alabama, and University of Illinois Chicago for her...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshitaka Ito
• Tomomi Inada
  Tomomi Inada
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Imadate, Fukui.- Former career :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Bummei Ibuki
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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.-...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshinori Ohno
  Yoshinori Ohno
  Yoshinori Ono was Japan's Minister of State for Defense in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's third Cabinet. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.- External links :* *...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Yasuhiro Ozato
  Yasuhiro Ozato
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of the former town of Kirishima, Kagoshima and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2005....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Katsutoshi Kaneda
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Shigeo Kitamura
  Shigeo Kitamura
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Wajima, Ishikawa and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after having served in the assembly of Ishikawa...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tarō 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Shinjiro Koizumi
  Shinjirō Koizumi
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the second son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and younger brother of actor Kotaro Koizumi. He was elected into his father's former seat representing the Kanagawa 11th district in 2009.- External links :*...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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 :* ...
  
  
• Mitsue Kondo
  Mitsue Kondo
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Hyogo and graduate of Konan University, she was elected for the first time in 2005.- References :...
  
  
• Ken Saito
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tatsuo Sato (politician)
  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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshitaka Shindo
  Yoshitaka Shindo
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Kawaguchi, Saitama and graduate of Meiji University, he had worked in the city government of Kawaguchi since 1980 and had served in the assembly of Kawaguchi since 1991. He...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Masaaki Taira
  Masaaki Taira
  is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Edogawa, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University he was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election.- External links :* in Japanese....
  
  

• Sanae Takaichi
  Sanae Takaichi
  served in the following positions: Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Minister of State for Innovation, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Gender Equality and Minister of State for Food Safety in the Japanese...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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:* ...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tsutomu Takebe
  Tsutomu Takebe
  was secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party from 2004 to 2006. He was succeeded by Hidenao Nakagawa.-References:...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Keiichiro Tachibana
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Takeshi Tokuda
  Takeshi Tokuda
  is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as an independent. A native of Yao, Osaka he attended University of California, Los Angeles and summer school at Harvard University in the United States. He entered Teikyo University in April 2005. He was elected for the...
  
  
• Keiko Nagaoka
  Keiko Nagaoka
  is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Tokyo and graduate of Gakushuin University she was elected for the first time in 2005. Her husband was politician Yoji Nagaoka, who committed suicide on August 1,...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  
• Tadayoshi Nagashima
  Tadayoshi Nagashima
  is a Japanese politician, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Yamakoshi, Niigata and graduate of the Toyo University he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving as mayor of his hometown Yamakoshi.-...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Hiroshi Hase
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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 :...
  
  
• Kenta Matsunami
  Kenta Matsunami
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Izumisano, Osaka and graduate of Waseda University, he joined Sankei Shimbun in 1997. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2002...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Jun Matsumoto
  Jun Matsumoto (politician)
  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 Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, he worked at the Japanese pharmaceutical company SSP Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1978 and then...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Kozo Yamamoto
  Kozo Yamamoto
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Yukuhashi, Fukuoka, he attended the University of Tokyo and received his MBA from Cornell University in the United States...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Komeito Party (21 Members)

• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Hisashi Inatsu
• 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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Yoshinori Ooguchi
• 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...
  
  
• Shigeki Sato
  Shigeki Sato
  is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, .Sato has performed for numerous Japanese promotions as well as American promotions such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation and Ring of Honor...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• 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:*...
  
  
• Yuzuru Takeuchi
• 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....
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Junji Higashi
• 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....
  
  

Japan Communist Party (9 Members)

• Seiken Akamine
  Seiken Akamine
  is a Japanese politician of the Japanese Communist Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet .A native of Naha, Okinawa and graduate of Tokyo Education University, he taught at high schools...
  
  
• Akira Kasai
  Akira Kasai
  is a Japanese politician and member of 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:...
  
  
• Takeshi Miyamoto
• 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 / Citizen's Alliance (7 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...
  
  
• Yasumasa Shigeo
• Kiyomi Tsujimoto
  Kiyomi Tsujimoto
  is a Japanese politician from the Social Democratic Party , formerly the Japan Socialist Party.- Early career :Born in the city of Nara, Nara, Tsujimoto graduated from the Department of Education at Waseda University in Tokyo....
  
  
• Kantoku Teruya
• Takatoshi Nakashima
• Ryoichi Hattori
  Ryoichi Hattori (politician)
  is a Japanese politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was born in Yame city in Fukuoka prefecture. He entered Kyoto University in 1969 before leaving part-way through his degree and moving to Osaka to work, where he became active with the trade union movement....
  
  
• Hideo Yoshiizumi

Your Party (5 Members)

• Keiichiro Asao
  Keiichiro Asao
  is a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Democratic Party of Japan . He was expelled from the DPJ after announcing he would run for a district seat in Kanagawa during the 2009 General election....
  
  
• Kenji Eda
  Kenji Eda
  is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Okayama City and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1979, attending the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in the United...
  
  
• Mito Kakizawa
• Koichi Yamauchi
  Koichi Yamauchi
  is a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Fukuoka Prefecture, he attended Silliman University in Philippines while he was an undergraduate at International Christian University...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

Independents (6 Members)

• 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...
  
  , speaker (does not belong to any parliamentary group; previously DPJ)
• 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...
  
  , vice-speaker (does not belong to any parliamentary group; previously LDP)
• Minoru Kiuchi, parliamentary group: Group for upholding the interest and life of the nation ("Hiranuma Group")
• Ryuji Koizumi, parliamentary group: Group for upholding the interest and life of the nation ("Hiranuma Group")
• Takeo Hiranuma
  Takeo Hiranuma
  Takeo Hiranuma is a Japanese politician. He advocates historical revisionism regarding the Nanking Massacre.- Basic biography :...
  
  , parliamentary group: Group for upholding the interest and life of the nation ("Hiranuma Group")
• Kishiro Nakamura
  Kishiro Nakamura
  is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as an independent. A native of Sashima District, Ibaraki and graduate of Nihon University. In 1976 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time as an independent.- External links :* in Japanese....