Satō Masahisa
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is a Japanese
politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...
of the
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, a member of the
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in the
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(national legislature). A native of
Fukushima Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,771,100 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture ...
, he graduated from
National Defense Academy of Japan , abbreviated is the national, four-year university-level service academy aimed to educate and train students who will be serving as officers in the three services of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. It is located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. History ...
with a major in applied physics and joined the
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force The , , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service branches. New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, direct ...
(JGSDF). In the JGSDF, he was the commander of the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group. After his retirement as
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in 2007, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.


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* in Japanese. 1960 births Living people Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel Japanese people of the Iraq War Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) National Defense Academy of Japan alumni {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub