Nobuto Hosaka

Nobuto Hosaka
Nobuto Hosaka
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 20, 1996
Personal details
Born November 26, 1955 (1955-11-26) (age 55)
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Political party Social Democratic Party
Website hosaka.gr.jp

Nobuto Hosaka (保坂 展人 Hosaka Nobuto) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party. He is currently the mayor of Setagaya, Tokyo.

He criticized a Japanese moral panic which occurred when Kaoru Kobayashi murdered a 7-year-old girl.[1][dead link]

Hosaka opposes the death penalty,[2] and holds the position of secretary general of the Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.[3]

In 2006 and 2007, Hosaka joined the gay parade in Tokyo. His boss Mizuho Fukushima also joined with him in 2007.[4]

He is also involved in the anti-nuclear movement.[5]

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  1. ^ "Otaku harassed as sex-crime fears mount". The Japan Times. 2005-02-06. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20050206t3.html. Retrieved 2008-06-01. 
  2. ^ "Death row: limbo of not knowing when". The Japan Times. 2007-02-27. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070227i1.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
  3. ^ "Japan's way of judicial killing". The Japan Times. 2007-04-08. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20070408x1.html. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Anti-nuclear plant candidate Hosaka wins Setagaya Ward mayoral race". The Mainichi Daily News. 2011-04-25. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110425p2a00m0na008000c.html. Retrieved 2011-05-09. 
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