Hiroaki Nagasawa

Hiroaki Nagasawa

Hiroaki Nagasawa (長沢 広明, Nagasawa Hiroaki, born August 19, 1958) is a Japanese politician and member of the Komeito Party of Japan and former Senior Vice Minister for the Reconstruction Agency. He resigned in September 2017 after letting a female acquaintance use a housing complex reserved for lawmakers.[1][2][3]

Early life

Nagasawa was born on August 19, 1958, in Tokyo, and studied sociology at Toyo University.[4]

Political career

In 1983, Nagasawa joined the Komei Shimbun, which was the official newspaper of the Komeito.[4] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.[4]

Nagasawa served in the House of Councillors from 2010 to 2017, having been re-elected in July 2016.[1] Following his resignation, he was replaced as Senior Vice Minister by Masayoshi Hamada.

References

  1. ^ a b "Komeito member quits Diet over misuse of lawmakers' housing". The Japan Times. September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hiroaki Nagasawa". Komeito. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules". Xinhua News Agency. September 26, 2017. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 30, 2017. Hiroaki Nagasawa, who belonged to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) coalition Komeito Party ally, relinquished his position in the party as well, for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers, in violation of the party's rules.
  4. ^ a b c "Mr. NAGASAWA Hiroaki". National Diet of Japan. January 16, 2017. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017.