was a Japanese

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serving in the

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in the

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(national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Biography

A native of

Naha, Okinawa is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area i ...

and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1983 after serving in local assemblies in Okinawa.

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* in Japanese. 1931 births 2018 deaths People from Naha Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub