is a Japanese

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of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and a previous member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Political career

A native of Hiroo District, Hokkaidō and dropout of

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, he was elected to the House of Councillors as a candidate for the

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for the first time in 1998 after serving in the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly for five terms. He joined the Sunrise Party of Japan on April 10, 2010, but lost in House of Councillors election.

Family

He is the younger brother of Ichirō Nakagawa.

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Living people 1938 births Kanagawa University alumni Members of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Sunrise Party politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub