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Tōru Azuma

PEP · Politician

Tōru Azuma is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	AZUMA Toru · Tōru Azuma · Тоору Адзума · 東徹				[sources]
Alias	Azuma Tooru · Azuma Toru · Azuma Tōru · Tooru Azuma · Toru Azuma · 2 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1966-09-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Osaka				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
First name	Tōru				[sources]
Last name	Azuma				[sources]
Political association	JIP · Japan Restoration Party				[sources]
Website	www.azuma-toru.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16263684				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	member of the House of Councillors · member of the House of Representatives of Japan · member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly				[sources]
Education	Kindai University · Toyo University				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-06	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Japanese politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Councillors	-	-

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories356,055

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons286,840

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members466

Current members of the Japanese House of Representatives (Shūgiin), the lower house of the National Diet of Japan.

Japan · Shūgiin

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: jp-shu-a2dc135cb99bd6a328dc12770f574bfbf65e4f74 · jp-shu-32fb80faa6b4a3b3db544a30afe424b775f16582

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