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Takuya Hirai is a

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ese

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of the

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(LDP), a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Takamatsu, Kagawa 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a capital city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190,120 households an ...

and graduate of

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he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of the New Frontier Party after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996. He later joined LDP. On September 1, 2021, he became the Digital Minister, who has jurisdiction over the Digital Agency. Prior to entering politics, he was the president of

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, which is owned by him and his family.

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