Takahiro Ushiyama (born 1 May 1981) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in four events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
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Takahiro Ushiyama (born 1 May 1981) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in four events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Daisaku Hiraki (平木 大作, Hiraki Daisaku; born October 16, 1974) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of…
Daisaku Hiraki (平木 大作, Hiraki Daisaku; born October 16, 1974) is a Japanese politician. He is a member of the House of Councillors since 2013, representing the Komeito party.
Hiroyuki Yoshiie (義家 弘介, Yoshiie Hiroyuki; born March 31, 1971) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal…
Hiroyuki Yoshiie (義家 弘介, Yoshiie Hiroyuki; born March 31, 1971) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He has also held a professorship at Shoin University. A native of Nagano Prefecture and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to his first term in 2012. In 2021, he was the Chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee.
Yuichiro Hata (羽田 雄一郎, Hata Yūichirō; 29 July 1967 – 27 December 2020) was a Japanese politician of the Constitutional…
Yuichiro Hata (羽田 雄一郎, Hata Yūichirō; 29 July 1967 – 27 December 2020) was a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. A native of Setagaya, Tokyo, and graduate of Tamagawa University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1999, a position he retained until his death in 2020. Hata was the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism from 4 June 2012 to 26 December 2012. He was the son of the late Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata.
Tomoko Tamura (田村 智子, Tamura Tomoko; née Yamazaki, born 4 July 1965) is a Japanese politician and chairwoman of the…
Tomoko Tamura (田村 智子, Tamura Tomoko; née Yamazaki, born 4 July 1965) is a Japanese politician and chairwoman of the Japanese Communist Party. She succeeded Kazuo Shii in 2024. She was a member of the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2024.
Hirofumi Sakai (Japanese: 酒井 浩文; born February 10, 1965) is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan…
Hirofumi Sakai (Japanese: 酒井 浩文; born February 10, 1965) is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Masao Uchibori (Japanese: 内堀 雅雄, Hepburn: Uchibori Masao; born 26 March 1964) is a Japanese politician and the current…
Masao Uchibori (Japanese: 内堀 雅雄, Hepburn: Uchibori Masao; born 26 March 1964) is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Fukushima Prefecture in Japan. He previously served as the vice-governor of his predecessor Yūhei Satō and was elected in October 2014 after Satō chose not to contest the election.
Ichiro Miyashita (宮下 一郎, Miyashita Ichirō; born 1 August 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Ichiro Miyashita (宮下 一郎, Miyashita Ichirō; born 1 August 1958) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at The Sumitomo Bank from 1983 to 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. His father is former Health minister Sohei Miyashita. Miyashita was appointed minister of agriculture in the Kishida cabinet in September 2023, but resigned in December due to his faction's involvement in a slush fund scandal. In November 2024, he was appointed chairman of the LDP agriculture and forestry policy research council (総合農林政策調査会). In April 2026, he also became executive vice chairman of the Election Strategy Committee under Yasutoshi Nishimura.
Yutaka Ōta (Japanese: 太田寛; 19 September 1956 – 28 November 2025) was a Japanese politician.
Shunsuke Mutai (務台 俊介, Mutai Shunsuke; born 3 July 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who…
Shunsuke Mutai (務台 俊介, Mutai Shunsuke; born 3 July 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He was first elected in the 2012 general election. He is a former career bureaucrat in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (briefly serving as Director of the CLAIR London Office) and graduate of University of Tokyo. Having unsuccessfully contested the Nagano 2nd district in the 2009 general election, he then served as a professor of local administration at Kanagawa University. Mutai was Secretary to the Alliance of Legislators who wish to legislate for Mountain Day, which was inaugurated in August 2016. In 2016 Mutai was appointed Parliamentary Vice Minister for Reconstruction and shortly after hit global headlines concerning an incident concerning a ministerial visit to a disaster-hit region. Half year later at a campaign party Mutai joked about the incident only to be criticized by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. Mutai resigned from his post on the following day. At the 2017 general election Mutai was defeated in his Nagano constituency but re-elected to the Diet under his party's proportional representation bloc. He was reappointed to government as a State Minister for the Environment in October 2021 but relieved of his position in the August 2022 Kishida reshuffle .
Yasuo Tanaka (田中 康夫, Tanaka Yasuo; born 12 April 1956) is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor…
Yasuo Tanaka (田中 康夫, Tanaka Yasuo; born 12 April 1956) is a Japanese novelist and politician. He served as the governor of Nagano Prefecture from 2000 to 2006, became president of New Party Nippon, and has been elected to Japan's legislatures.
Mitsu Shimojo (下条 みつ, Shimojō Mitsu; born 29 December 1955) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan…
Mitsu Shimojo (下条 みつ, Shimojō Mitsu; born 29 December 1955) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Matsumoto, Nagano and graduate of Shinshu University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.
Shuji Ikeguchi (池口 修次, Ikeguchi Shūji; born November 10, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of…
Shuji Ikeguchi (池口 修次, Ikeguchi Shūji; born November 10, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kiso, Nagano and graduate of Waseda University, he joined Honda in 1972 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.
Takashi Shinohara (篠原 孝, Shinohara Takashi; born 17 July 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the…
Takashi Shinohara (篠原 孝, Shinohara Takashi; born 17 July 1948) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa (柳沢 光美, Yanagisawa Mitsuyoshi; born May 5, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party…
Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa (柳沢 光美, Yanagisawa Mitsuyoshi; born May 5, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tōmi, Nagano and graduate of Seijo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after an unsuccessful run in 2001.
Naoki Inose (猪瀬 直樹, Inose Naoki; born 20 November 1946) is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic…
Naoki Inose (猪瀬 直樹, Inose Naoki; born 20 November 1946) is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic and biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Tokyo from June 2007 until becoming Acting Governor on 1 November 2012 following the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara. He was elected Governor in a historical landslide victory in December 2012, but announced his resignation on December 19, 2013, following a political funds-related scandal; his resignation was approved and became effective December 24, 2013.
Kenji Kosaka (小坂 憲次, Kosaka Kenji; 12 March 1946 – 21 October 2016) was a Japanese politician.
Hisao Katō (加藤 久雄, Katou Hisao) (born November 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician, and the current mayor of the city of…
Hisao Katō (加藤 久雄, Katou Hisao) (born November 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician, and the current mayor of the city of Nagano, the capital of Nagano Prefecture, in central Japan. Katō won his first mayoral election, as an independent, on October 27, 2013, winning 56,424 votes compared to 34,656 for the second-place finisher. On October 29, 2017, Katō was reelected to a second term, winning 69,778 votes. In his second election, he was backed by the LDP, Komeito, and the DP. Katō graduated from Nagano Prefectural Nagano Senior High School in 1961. He then graduated from the Department of Political Economy and Economics at Waseda University in 1965. He worked for several corporations before becoming Chairman of the Nagano Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2007. In 2009, he became director of Shinano Railway. As mayor, Katō led the city government in providing a one billion yen investment in the University of Nagano, a prefectural university that opened in the city of Nagano in 2018. One of Kato's stated reasons for supporting the prefectural university is to encourage university young people to remain in the prefecture after graduating. Katō, as Mayor of Nagano, and his counterpart in the nearby City of Matsumoto, supported a proposal from the Japan Gerontological Society to redefine the age of senior citizens from 65 years to 75 years or older. Katō stated that senior citizens "have more physical and mental stamina than before".
Kosuke Ito (伊藤 公介, Itō Kōsuke; born 23 October 1941) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Kosuke Ito (伊藤 公介, Itō Kōsuke; born 23 October 1941) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takatō, Nagano and graduate of Hosei University, he studied abroad in Berlin and then at Ohio State University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1976 as an independent and later joined the New Liberal Club, which later merged with the LDP.
Shūsei Tanaka (田中秀征, Tanaka Shũsei; born 30 September 1940) is a retired Japanese politician. He was first elected to…
Shūsei Tanaka (田中秀征, Tanaka Shũsei; born 30 September 1940) is a retired Japanese politician. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in the 1972 general election and represented the Nagano Prefecture first district. Following a revamp of the electoral system, he lost his seat to Kenji Kosaka in the 1996 general election.
Hajime Ogawa (Japanese: 小川元 Ogawa Hajime; 1 January 1939 – 15 October 2024) was a Japanese businessman and politician.…
Hajime Ogawa (Japanese: 小川元 Ogawa Hajime; 1 January 1939 – 15 October 2024) was a Japanese businessman and politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Representatives from 1986 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2000. Ogawa died in Tokyo on 15 October 2024, at the age of 85.
Hidenori Hasegawa (Japanese: 長谷川英憲 Hasegawa Hidenori; March 6, 1938 – May 8, 2022) was a Japanese politician. An…
Hidenori Hasegawa (Japanese: 長谷川英憲 Hasegawa Hidenori; March 6, 1938 – May 8, 2022) was a Japanese politician. An independent, he served in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from 1989 to 1993. He died on 8 May 2022 at the age of 84.
Hiroo Nakashima (Japanese: 中島啓雄; 25 December 1937 – 7 February 2024) was a Japanese businessman and politician. A…
Hiroo Nakashima (Japanese: 中島啓雄; 25 December 1937 – 7 February 2024) was a Japanese businessman and politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1995 to 2007. Nakashima died of lung cancer in Ōme, on 7 February 2024, at the age of 86.
Jin Murai (村井 仁, Murai Jin; born 28 March 1937) is a former governor of Nagano Prefecture in Japan. After growing up in…
Jin Murai (村井 仁, Murai Jin; born 28 March 1937) is a former governor of Nagano Prefecture in Japan. After growing up in Matsumoto, Nagano, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1959 and entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry upon graduation. In 1986 he was elected to the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for the first time. He served six consecutive terms as a member for Nagano No.4 district (1986–1996), Nagano No.2 district (1996–2003) and the national proportional representation block (2003–2005). Whilst in the Diet he served in various ministerial roles, including as Minister of State for Food Safety, Minister of State for Disaster Management and Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission. In July 2005 he voted against the government's postal reform legislation and subsequently lost the support of the Liberal Democratic Party. He did not nominate to contest the September 2005 general election. In the following year he was elected governor of Nagano Prefecture and served one term.
Tasuku Tsukada (塚田 佐, Tsukada Tasuku; March 3, 1936 – February 22, 2023) was a Japanese politician, and past mayor of…
Tasuku Tsukada (塚田 佐, Tsukada Tasuku; March 3, 1936 – February 22, 2023) was a Japanese politician, and past mayor of the city of Nagano, the capital of Nagano Prefecture, in central Japan. Tsukada won his first mayoral contest in 1985. He served four full 4-year terms, until November 10, 2001. In 1997, Tsukada served as the Vice President of the Japan Association of City Mayors. Tsukada graduated from Nagano Prefectural Nagano Senior High School (長野県長野高等学校, Nagano ken Nagano kōtō gakkō) (which was called Nagano North High School (長野北高校, Nagano kita kōkō) at the time). He then graduated from the School of Commerce at Waseda University in 1958. From 1967, he served on the Nagano City Council, and from 1975 until 1985, he served in the Nagano Prefectural Assembly. He was elected mayor in 1985 in his first candidacy. In addition, he served as chairman of the Nagano City-Hokuriku Shinkansen Liaison Council. Tsukada retired from municipal politics in 2001. Following retirement from politics, Tsukada served as an auditor at Nagano Jidosha Center, and from 2007 an external auditor at Moriya Corporation in Nagano. Tsukada died on February 22, 2023, at the age of 86.
Masatoshi Wakabayashi (若林 正俊, Wakabayashi Masatoshi; 4 July 1934 – 11 November 2023) was a Japanese politician who was…
Masatoshi Wakabayashi (若林 正俊, Wakabayashi Masatoshi; 4 July 1934 – 11 November 2023) was a Japanese politician who was a member of Liberal Democratic Party.
Takashi Miyahara (宮原 巍, Miyahara Takashi; 1934 – November 24, 2019) was a Japanese-born Nepalese tourism entrepreneur…
Takashi Miyahara (宮原 巍, Miyahara Takashi; 1934 – November 24, 2019) was a Japanese-born Nepalese tourism entrepreneur and politician. Miyahara was born in Nagano, Japan, and obtained a bachelor's degree in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering from Nihon University, Tokyo. When he moved to Nepal, he began working for the Department of Cottage Industry of Nepal. Miyahara was the chairman of the boards of Himalaya Hotel in Kathmandu and Trans Himalaya Treks. Miyahara founded Trans Himalaya Tours in 1968 and a Japanese sister company, Himalaya Kanko Kitatsu, in 1969. The following year, he founded Trans Himalayan Trekking. In 2006, Miyahara founded the Nepal Rastriya Bikas Party. He became a citizen of Nepal in order to be able to work politically. At the 2008 election of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly, none of the candidates won the seat. He died on November 24, 2019, in Nepal. Miyahara lived over 40 years in Nepal.
Daizō Nozawa (野沢 太三, Nozawa Daizō; 6 May 1933 – 12 December 2024) was a Japanese politician who served as the Justice…
Daizō Nozawa (野沢 太三, Nozawa Daizō; 6 May 1933 – 12 December 2024) was a Japanese politician who served as the Justice Minister of Japan from 2003 to 2004. Nozawa was born in Tatsuno, Nagano. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor of civil engineering degree and joined Japanese National Railways in 1956. During his career at JNR, he obtained the degree of Ph.D. He was first elected as a member of the House of Councillors in 1986. He served as a member of the house until 2004 when he did not run for reelection. He led the leader of the Japan-Korea Tunnel Research Institute, an organization trying to create a tunnel link between Japan and South Korea. He died on 12 December 2024, at the age of 91.
Sohei Miyashita (宮下 創平, Miyashita Sohei; 10 November 1927 – 7 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as…
Sohei Miyashita (宮下 創平, Miyashita Sohei; 10 November 1927 – 7 October 2013) was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Director-General of the Defense Agency from 1991 to 1992. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Miyashita served in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 2003.
Bushi Kozu (Japanese: 神津武士; February 11, 1927 – December 17, 2025) was a Japanese politician.
Yoshikatsu Takeiri (Japanese: 竹入義勝, Takeiri Yoshikatsu; 10 January 1926 – 23 December 2023) was a Japanese politician…
Yoshikatsu Takeiri (Japanese: 竹入義勝, Takeiri Yoshikatsu; 10 January 1926 – 23 December 2023) was a Japanese politician who served as the third chair of Komeito from 1967 to 1986, making him the longest serving leader in the party's history.
Zentarō Kosaka (小坂 善太郎, Kosaka Zentarō; 23 January 1912 – 26 November 2000) was a Japanese politician who served two…
Zentarō Kosaka (小坂 善太郎, Kosaka Zentarō; 23 January 1912 – 26 November 2000) was a Japanese politician who served two terms as foreign minister and as labour minister.
Kaneshichi Masuda (増田 甲子七, Masuda Kaneshichi; 4 October 1898 – 21 December 1985) was a Japanese bureaucrat, cabinet…
Kaneshichi Masuda (増田 甲子七, Masuda Kaneshichi; 4 October 1898 – 21 December 1985) was a Japanese bureaucrat, cabinet minister, and politician. A career official of the Home Ministry, he served as Governor of Fukushima Prefecture and as Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency before entering national politics. Under Shigeru Yoshida he held cabinet office as Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of Labour, Minister of Transport, Minister of Construction, and the inaugural Director-General of the Hokkaido Development Agency. He later returned to cabinet as Director-General of the Defense Agency under Eisaku Satō.
Kazuo Aoki (青木 一男, Aoki Kazuo; 28 November 1889 – 25 June 1982) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in the Empire of…
Kazuo Aoki (青木 一男, Aoki Kazuo; 28 November 1889 – 25 June 1982) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving as Minister of Finance, and Minister of Greater East Asia.
Keita Gotō (五島 慶太, Gotō Keita; 18 April 1882 – 14 August 1959) was a Japanese businessman, politician and educator, who…
Keita Gotō (五島 慶太, Gotō Keita; 18 April 1882 – 14 August 1959) was a Japanese businessman, politician and educator, who built the Tokyu Group into one of the leading corporate groups in Japan. He briefly served as Minister of Transportation and Communications in 1944. Prior to his business career, he worked as a government official in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Transport. He founded the Tōyoko Commercial Girls' School and the Gotō Ikueikai. He is also the founder of Toei.
Etsujirō Uehara (植原 悦二郎, Uehara Etsujirō; 15 May 1877 – 2 December 1962) was a politician and bureaucrat in the early…
Etsujirō Uehara (植原 悦二郎, Uehara Etsujirō; 15 May 1877 – 2 December 1962) was a politician and bureaucrat in the early Shōwa period Japan, who subsequently was a politician and cabinet minister in the immediate post-war era.
Jiro Okabe (岡部 次郎, Okabe Jirō; September 30, 1864 – July 8, 1925) was a member of the Japanese House of…
Jiro Okabe (岡部 次郎, Okabe Jirō; September 30, 1864 – July 8, 1925) was a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. He was a member of the Rikken Seiyūkai, the Chūseikai, and the Kenseikai.
Viscount Watanabe Kunitake (渡辺 国武; 29 March 1846 – 11 May 1919) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and deputy…
Viscount Watanabe Kunitake (渡辺 国武; 29 March 1846 – 11 May 1919) was a Japanese politician, cabinet minister and deputy prime minister, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods. Noted primarily for his role as finance minister, he was also the younger brother of Count Watanabe Chiaki.