is a Japanese

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of the

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, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

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A native of

Yokohama, Kanagawa is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo B ...

and graduate of

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, he was elected to the city assembly of Yokohama for the first time in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

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Official website
in Japanese. Living people 1964 births Politicians from Yokohama Koizumi Children Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Rikkyo University alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017 {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub