is a Japanese politician of the

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who is serving as a member of the

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. He is a former member of the

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and was the inaugural Secretary-General of the

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, an opposition party formed in August 2014.

Early life

Yamada is a graduate of

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(with a major in law).

Political career

In April 2010 Yamada became chairman of the Spirit of Japan Party, which he founded for the Upper House election, with

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, the former mayor of Yokohama, and Hiroshi Saitō, the former governor of Yamagata. The party won a few seats at the prefectural and municipal level in the regional elections in 2011, and broke up in the fall of 2012 to join the

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of the former governor of Tokyo

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, and later joined his Party for Future Generations. Yamada lost his seat in the Diet in the December 2014 general election. In September 2015 it was announced that he would contest the 2016

election as a member of the

. Like Ishihara, Yamada is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

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. He often gives lectures to local branches of the organization.Nippon Kaigi website

References

Party for Japanese Kokoro politicians Living people 1958 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Kyoto University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014 {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub