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is a Japanese
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politician
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and a former member of the House of Councillors (Japan) in the Diet
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(national legislature).
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A native of Koshigaya, Saitama
is a city located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 345,353 in 158,022 households and a population density of 5700 persons per km². The total area of the city is . It is famous for producing daruma dolls.
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and graduate of Hokkaido University
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, she worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries may refer to:
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from 1990 until 2000. In July 2004 she contested the House of Councillors election as a Democratic Party of Japan
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(DPJ) candidate in the Yamagata At-large district but lost to the incumbent, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member Koichi Kishi Koichi Kishi may refer to:
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. At the July 2007 election she again contested the Yamagata district as a DPJ candidate and was successful, claiming 57.3% of the vote. Funayama served as a Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in the cabinets of prime ministers Yukio Hatoyama
is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.
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and Naoto Kan
is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for ...
from September 2009 until September 2010.
In July 2012 Funayama resigned from the DPJ and formed the Green Wind
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party with three other women Councillors. She sought reelection at the July 2013 election but lost to LDP candidate Mizuho Onuma. Green Wind dissolved at the end of that year.
In December 2015 Funayama announced her intention to contest the 2016 House of Councillors election as an independent.
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* in Japanese. 1966 births Living people People from Koshigaya, Saitama Female members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Democratic Party of Japan politicians Hokkaido University alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub