Nobuto Hosaka
| Nobuto Hosaka | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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In office October 20, 1996 – October 10, 2003 | |
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In office September 12, 2005 – July 21, 2009 | |
| 10th Mayor of Setagaya, Tokyo | |
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Assumed office April 27, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Noriyuki Kumamoto |
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November 26, 1955 Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Political party | Independent (formerly of Social Democratic Party) |
| Website | hosaka.gr.jp |
Nobuto Hosaka (保坂 展人 Hosaka Nobuto) is a Japanese politician. He currently is the mayor of Setagaya, Tokyo, and was a member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party until July 21, 2009.
Hosaka campaigned and won the mayor’s job on an anti-nuclear platform in April 2011, just over a month after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. According to the Wall Street Journal, Hosaka "is determined to turn this city ward of 840,000 people, the largest in Tokyo, into the front-runner of a movement that will put an end to Japan’s reliance on atomic power and accelerate the use of renewable energy".[1][2]
Hosaka opposes the death penalty,[3] and held the position of secretary general of the Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.[4] He is also highly critical of continued Japanese moral panic against the Otaku subculture in the nation, with one notable case of criticism displayed against public and media related assumptions and gossip surrounding the incidents of November 17, 2004, when Kaoru Kobayashi murdered a 7-year-old girl.[5]
In 2006 and 2007, Hosaka joined the gay parade in Tokyo. Mizuho Fukushima, then-leader of the Social Democratic Party, also joined the event him in 2007.[6]
References
- ↑ George Nishiyama (February 6, 2012). "Anti-Nuclear Tokyo Mayor Challenges Big Utilities". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ "Anti-nuclear plant candidate Hosaka wins Setagaya Ward mayoral race". The Mainichi Daily News. 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ↑ "Death row: limbo of not knowing when". The Japan Times. 2007-02-27. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ↑ "Japan's way of judicial killing". The Japan Times. 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ↑ "Otaku harassed as sex-crime fears mount". The Japan Times. 2005-02-06. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ↑ 東京プライドパレード、福島さんと歩きました - 保坂展人のどこどこ日記 His official blog(Japanese)
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