Katsuhito Yokokume
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is a Japanese Democratic Party of Japan
politician and lawyer.
In 2006, he appeared in the Ainori
TV show as a participant.
In August 2009, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives
, representing the Southern Kantō proportional representation block
on the DPJ list, he failed to win Kanagawa 11th district against the incumbent's son Shinjirō Koizumi
.
Democratic Party of Japan
The is a political party in Japan founded in 1998 by the merger of several opposition parties. Its socially liberal platform is generally considered center-left in the Japanese political spectrum...
politician and lawyer.
Biography
The son of a truck driver, Yokokume studied law at Tokyo University, graduating in March 2005. He passed the bar exam in November 2005.In 2006, he appeared in the Ainori
Ainori
', literally "Ride together", or "Car pool" but can also be read as "love ride", is a popular television program that runs Monday evenings from 11 pm in Japan on Fuji TV. It debuted on October 11, 1999...
TV show as a participant.
In August 2009, he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives
House of Representatives of Japan
The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...
, representing the Southern Kantō proportional representation block
Southern Kanto proportional representation block
The Southern Kantō proportional representation block is one of eleven proportional representation "blocks", multi-member constituencies for the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Southern parts of the Kantō region covering Chiba, Kanagawa and Yamanashi prefectures...
on the DPJ list, he failed to win Kanagawa 11th district against the incumbent's son Shinjirō Koizumi
Shinjirō Koizumi
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the second son of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and younger brother of actor Kotaro Koizumi. He was elected into his father's former seat representing the Kanagawa 11th district in 2009.- External links :*...
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