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).

Early life

Oe is a native of

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. He graduated from

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and the

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Political career

From 1979 Oe served in the assembly of

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for six terms. After running unsuccessfully for governorship of Wakayama Prefecture in 2000, he was elected to the

for the first time in 2001. In May 2010, he joined the

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, giving that group its first national political representative. He left the party six months later, and is currently a member of the

Right-wing positions

He was a supporter of

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filmmaker

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's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the

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ever occurred.The Japan Time
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References

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