Shuichi Kato (politician)
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is a Japan
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ese politician
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 of the New Komeito Party
New Komeito Party
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, a member of the House of Councillors
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 in the Diet
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 (national legislature). A native of Tanno, Hokkaidō
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, he graduated from Kitami Institute of Technology
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 and received a Ph.D from Hokkaido University
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. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995 as a member of the New Frontier Party
New Frontier Party
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