lead=yes is a former politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.["日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。]["日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。]
Career
A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of
Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper
Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974, and was elected to the Aomori Prefectural Assembly in 1975. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983 after an unsuccessful run in 1980.
He served as Speaker of the House from 2015 to 2021.
After his political career, he was appointed as a member of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council in January 2023.
Election history
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| 1980 Japanese general election | 33 | Aomori 1st district | LDP | 63,958 | lost |
| 1983 Japanese general election | 37 | Aomori 1st district | LDP | 98,275 | winning |
| 1986 Japanese general election | 39 | Aomori 1st district | LDP | 100,653 | winning |
| 1990 Japanese general election | 43 | Aomori 1st district | LDP | 84,302 | winning |
| 1993 Japanese general election | 46 | Aomori 1st district | LDP | 102,921 | winning |
| 1996 Japanese general election | 50 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 96,628 | winning |
| 2000 Japanese general election | 53 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 93,602 | winning |
| 2003 Japanese general election | 57 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 86,909 | winning |
| 2005 Japanese general election | 59 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 90,925 | winning |
| 2009 Japanese general election | 62 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 90,176 | winning |
| 2012 Japanese general election | 66 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 74,946 | winning |
| 2014 Japanese general election | 68 | Aomori 3rd district | LDP | 59,280 | winning |
| 2017 Japanese general election | 71 | Aomori 2nd district | LDP | 133,545 | winning |
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