Tsutomu Hata was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for nine weeks in 1994. He took over from Morihiro Hosokawa at the head of a coalition government. Shortly after he had been appointed Prime Minister,the Japanese Socialist Party left the government,leading to his early departure from office. He was a member of the lower house representing Nagano district #3. He was elected 14 times,retiring in 2012.
The Democratic Party of Japan was a centrist to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016.
IchirōOzawa is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969,representing the Iwate 3rd district. He is often dubbed the "Shadow Shōgun" due to his back-room influence.
Katsuya Okada is a Japanese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from January to December 2012. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan,he was the President of the Democratic Party,and previously of the Democratic Party of Japan. He also served as Secretary-General of the DPJ three times. During the DPJ's period in government he was Foreign Minister of Japan.
Hirohisa Fujii was a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Councillors from 1977 to 1986,and of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2012. He served two terms as Minister of Finance,and as Secretary General of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party of Japan.
The New Party Daichi is a Japanese political party. The party works based on jurisdiction and administrative divisions. The party's leader is Muneo Suzuki,a former Representative for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who is currently a member of the House of Councillors caucusing with the Nippon Ishin no Kai.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 29,2007. The date was originally to be July 22,but the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) decided in mid-June to extend the session of the House for a week to finish up legislative business;this step was criticised due to the short-term delay.
Ai Aoki is a Japanese politician and current member of the People's Life Party. She is a native of Tokyo and graduate of Chiba University. After a career in education,Aoki entered politics in 2003 and has served a total of four terms in the national Diet of Japan,having sat in the House of Representatives from 2003–2005 and 2009–2014,and a partial term in the House of Councillors from 2007–2009. Aoki was returned to the House of Councillors in the election held on 10 July 2016.
Hajime Ishii was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet for 39 years between 1969 and 2013. A native of Kobe,Hyogo,he attended Konan University as an undergraduate and University of California,Los Angeles as a graduate and received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. During his time in the Diet he served as the head of the National Land Agency for six months in 1989–1990 and as Minister for Home Affairs for two months in 1994.
Tadashi Inuzuka is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan,a former Senator in the House of Councillors of the Diet. A native of Tokyo,he graduated from Rikkyo University and received a master's degree from the University of Dallas in the United States. He was elected for the first time in 2004 from his Nagasaki constituency.
Azuma Koshiishi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party,a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet,and general secretary of the ruling Democratic Party. A native of Nirasaki,Yamanashi,and graduate of Tsuru University,he was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan in 1990,where he served for two terms until 1996 when he failed to be re-elected. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.
Yukihisa Fujita is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party,a member of the House of Councillors,the upper house of Japan's parliament,from the Ibaraki constituency. He is now the DPJ Next Vice Minister of Defense,the DPJ Next Vice Minister for the Abduction Issue,and the Director of Special Committee on North Korea Abduction Issue and Related Matter. He also is a member of Committee on Foreign Affairs and defense. He is a Former Senior Vice Minister of Finance. In the House of Councillors he is a former Chair of the Committee on Financial Affairs.[1] He also is a former Director-General of the DPJ's International Department and a former Chair of the House of Councillors' Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues. Fujita is a native of Hitachi,Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University,Faculty of Letters.
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on July 11,2010. In the previous elections in 2007 the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) had lost its majority to the Democratic Party (DPJ),which managed to gain the largest margin since its formation in 1996. The House of Councillors is elected by halves to six-year terms. The seats up for election in 2010 were last contested in the 2004 election.
Koizumi Children is a popular Japanese political term for the 83 LDP members of the House of Representatives first elected in the 2005 general election. The Koizumi Children are loosely organized into a political association called the 83 Group.
Tokyo 10th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. As of 2012,351,821 eligible voters were registered in the district. It covers northwestern parts of the former city of Tokyo. Originally it consisted of the ward of Toshima and parts of Nerima,but after redistricting in 2017 it comprises parts of four wards,Toshima,Nerima,Nakano and Shinjuku.
Banri Kaieda is a Japanese politician who has served as the Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan since 2021. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan,he also served as the President of the Democratic Party of Japan between 2012 and 2014.
The Liberal Party was a political party in Japan that merged with the Democratic Party for the People on 26 April 2019. It had 2 out of the 475 seats in the House of Representatives,and 3 in the 242-member House of Councillors prior to merging. Formed as the People's Life Party (生活の党) in December 2012,it changed its name to People's Life Party &Taro Yamamoto and Friends (生活の党と山本太郎となかまたち) in December 2014. The party adopted the name Liberal Party in October 2016 in preparation for an expected general election in early 2017.
Yamanashi 1st district is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives,the lower house of the National Diet of Japan located in western Yamanashi Prefecture. As of September 2022 it had 424,557 eligible voters.
Hideko Mogami was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946,and remained a member until 1949. She later served in the House of Councillors from 1953 to 1965 and as Deputy Secretary of State for Postal Affairs in 1957–1958.
