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Kazuyoshi Kaneko

Politician

Kazuyoshi Kaneko 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	AKazuyoshi Kaneko · KANEKO Kazuyoshi · Kaneko Kazujosi · Kazujoši Kaneko · Kazuyoshi Kaneko · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Kaneko Kazujosi · Kaneko Kazuyoshi · Kazujoši Kaneko · Kazuyoshi Kaneko · Канэко, Кадзуёси · 4 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1942-12-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Takayama				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Japan				[sources]
Country	Japan				[sources]
Citizenship	Japan				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Kazuyoshi				[sources]
Last name	Kaneko				[sources]
Political association	Liberal Democratic Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q382231				[sources]
Position	Shūgiin (member, 2014-2017) · member of the House of Representatives of Japan				[sources]
Education	Keio University				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Japanese politician

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

Relationships

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

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

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,808

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata355,697

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,739

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the House of Representatives of Japan	-	-
Member of the Shūgiin	2014-12-14	2017-09-28

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shunpei Kaneko Politician	child · father	-	-