Toshio Ogawa
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Political career
In 1996, he ran for a lower house seat with support from the Democratic Party of Japan, but failed. In 1998, he ran for an upper house election, and was elected. In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election. In 2012, he was appointed justice minister.[1]
He was re-elected in 2004, 2010 and 2016, and is currentlyScript error: No such module "Unsubst". the longest serving councillor from Tokyo. When the Democratic Party merged with Kibō no Tō to form the DPP in May 2018, Ogawa did not join the new party and decided to join the CDP instead.[2]
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- 1948 births
- Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan politicians
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- Ministers of justice of Japan
- 20th-century Japanese judges
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- Living people
- Members of the House of Councillors (Japan)
- People from Nerima
- Politicians from Tokyo
- Rikkyo University alumni