Taku Yamazoe
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Taku Yamazoe (Japanese: 山添 拓, born 20 November 1984, Kyoto Prefecture) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving as member of the House of Councillors from Tokyo, where he was elected with 10.7% of the vote in 2016. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and at Waseda Law School, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. In 2010, he passed the National Bar Examination and became a lawyer in 2011.[1] During his time as a lawyer, he represented workers that worked at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.[2] Yamazoe is a supporter of LGBT rights.[3]
Scandal[]
On 16 September 2021, police accused Yamazoe, who is a railway photography enthusiast, of having trespassed on the Chichibu Main Line on 3 November 2020.[4]
References[]
- ^ http://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/eng/members/profile/7016042.htm
- ^ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/10/31/worker-japan-nuke-crisis-crew-not-told-of-danger
- ^ http://takureinoroom.com/2017/05/09/tokyo-rainbow-pride-2017/
- ^ "JCP lawmaker and train buff accused of trespassing". The Asahi Shimbun. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Kyoto Prefecture
- Japanese lawyers
- Japanese communists
- Japanese Communist Party politicians
- LGBT rights activists from Japan
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