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Yasushi Furukawa

Politician

Yasushi Furukawa 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	AYasushi Furukawa · FURUKAWA Yasushi · Furukava Jaszusi · Jasuši Furukawa · Yasushi Furukawa · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Furukawa Yasushi · Jasuši Furukawa · Yasushi Furukawa · Фурукава, Ясуси · ياسوشي فوروكاوا · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1958-07-15				[sources]
Place of birth	Karatsu · Karatsu, Saga				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Yasushi				[sources]
Last name	Furukawa				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Website	www.power-full.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q2576940				[sources]
Position	Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · Shūgiin (member, 2017-) · governor of Saga Prefecture (2003-2014) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan · member of the House of Representatives of Japan (2017-)				[sources]
Education	Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo · University of Tokyo				[sources]
Source link	www.shugiin.go.jp				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-02	Last processed	2026-02-15	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Member of the House of Representatives (HR) for Kyushu Bloc (proportional representation), elected four times

— Japanese House of Representatives Members, 2026-02-02

Japanese politician

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Aoi Furukawa Politician	child · father	-	-

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

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Japanese House of Representatives Members440

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

Japan · Shūgiin

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata326,007

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-c90e20ea-c5a9-413f-8c4e-6ec72377eef5 · jp-shu-499676ee4c59919a091d0c20626d6c011f3a87e1

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