Japan

Political office-holders

Our database contains 4,302 politicians connected with Japan.

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PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
local assemblyperson of Japan-1106
member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly-1472
member of the Saitama Prefectural Assembly-649
member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly-538
member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly1533
member of the Chiba Prefectural Assembly-236
member of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly1530
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly-229
member of the Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly-326
member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly-324
member of the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly--27
member of the Gunma Prefectural Assembly-322
member of the Mie Prefectural Assembly-520
member of the Fukuoka Prefectural Assembly-419
member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly-419
member of the Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly-615
member of the Hyōgo Prefectural Assembly-317
member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly-515
member of the Kyōto Prefectural Assembly-118
city mayor of Japan-215
member of the Miyazaki Prefectural Assembly-215
member of the Akita Prefectural Assembly-313
member of the Iwate Prefectural Assembly-214
member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly-511
member of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly-115
member of the Ehime Prefectural Assembly--15
member of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly1212
member of the Nagano Prefectural Assembly-114
member of the Toyama Prefectural Assembly-114
member of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly-311
member of the Yamanashi Prefectural Assembly-212
member of the Ōita Prefectural Assembly-211
member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly-111
member of the Niigata Prefectural Assembly-111
member of the Tokushima Prefectural Assembly-111
member of the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly-210
member of the Fukui Prefectural Assembly-19
member of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly--10
member of the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly--10
member of the Nara Prefectural Assembly-19
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan-82
member of the Shiga Prefectural Assembly1-8
member of the Gifu Prefectural Assembly2-6
member of the Kagawa Prefectural Assembly--8
member of the Kōchi Prefectural Assembly-17
member of the Okayama Prefectural Assembly-17
Osaka City Council Member151
member of the Yamagata Prefectural Assembly-24
mayor of Jōetsu-14
member of the Saga Prefectural Assembly--5
member of the Shimane Prefectural Assembly-14
member of the Tottori Prefectural Assembly--5
municipal council--5
President of the Liberal Democratic Party-32
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission-4-
mayor of Akiruno--4
mayor of Fukushima--4
mayor of Itō-13
mayor of Sado--4
mayor of Zushi--4
President of the Constitutional Democratic Party-22
governor of Akita Prefecture--3
governor of Aomori Prefecture-21
governor of Ishikawa Prefecture111
governor of Nagasaki Prefecture-12
Leader of Japan Innovation Party--3
mayor of Aizuwakamatsu--3
mayor of Akashi-12
mayor of Anan--3
mayor of Ashiya--3
mayor of Bandō--3
mayor of Bungoōno--3
mayor of Etajima-12
mayor of Fuchū-12
mayor of Gero--3
mayor of Gyōda-12
mayor of Hatsukaichi--3
mayor of Hikone-12
mayor of Hino--3
mayor of Ibaraki-12
mayor of Iiyama--3
mayor of Imabari--3
mayor of Iruma--3
mayor of Isesaki--3
mayor of Jōsō--3
mayor of Kaga--3
mayor of Kanazawa-12
mayor of Kishiwada City--3
mayor of Kitakata-12
mayor of Kitami--3
mayor of Kitamoto--3
mayor of Koga--3
mayor of Koganei City--3
mayor of Kuji--3
mayor of Kunitachi--3
mayor of Kure--3
mayor of Maebashi-12
mayor of Minō--3
mayor of Mitaka-12
mayor of Moka--3
mayor of Nasukarasuyama--3
mayor of Nishinomiya--3
mayor of Nishitōkyō--3
mayor of Nisshin--3
mayor of Obihiro--3
mayor of Odawara--3
mayor of Okinawa-12
mayor of Sakai--3
mayor of Sakura--3
mayor of Shibukawa--3
mayor of Shimoda-12
mayor of Shiroishi--3
mayor of Shūnan--3
mayor of Suita--3
mayor of Tama--3
mayor of Toba--3
mayor of Tokushima--3
mayor of Tomioka--3
mayor of Tsurugashima--3
mayor of Yachiyo--3
mayor of Yokohama-12
speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan-21
State Minister for Reconstruction-3-
town mayor--3
Vice-President of the House of Councillors-21
Chief Representative of Komeito-11
Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan-11
Executive Committee Chair of the Japanese Communist Party--2
Funabashi City Council Member-11
governor of Gifu Prefecture--2
governor of Kumamoto Prefecture--2
governor of Miyagi Prefecture--2
governor of Shiga Prefecture--2
governor of Tottori Prefecture--2
Kawasaki City Council Member-2-
mayor of Abiko--2
mayor of Agano--2
mayor of Aki--2
mayor of Akita--2
mayor of Akitakata-11
mayor of Amami--2
mayor of Annaka--2
mayor of Arao--2
Mayor of Asahikawa-11
mayor of Asaka--2
mayor of Ashikaga--2
mayor of Awa--2
mayor of Awara--2
mayor of Bizen--2
mayor of Bungotakada--2
mayor of Chiba--2
mayor of Chichibu--2
mayor of Chitose-11
mayor of Chōshi--2
mayor of Date--2
mayor of Eniwa--2
mayor of Fujiidera--2
mayor of Fujioka--2
mayor of Fujisawa--2
mayor of Fukagawa-11
mayor of Fukaya--2
mayor of Fussa--2
mayor of Gamagōri--2
mayor of Ginan-11
mayor of Ginowan--2
mayor of Hachiōji--2
mayor of Hadano--2
mayor of Higashihiroshima--2
mayor of Higashikagawa--2
mayor of Higashimatsuyama--2
mayor of Hikari--2
mayor of Himi-11
mayor of Hiroshima--2
mayor of Ibara--2
mayor of Ichinomiya-11
mayor of Inuyama--2
mayor of Isahaya--2
mayor of Isehara--2
mayor of Ishigaki--2
mayor of Ishikari--2
mayor of Ishinomaki--2
mayor of Ishioka--2
mayor of Itoman--2
mayor of Iyo-11
mayor of Izumo-11
mayor of Kamakura--2
mayor of Kamisu-11
mayor of Kashiba--2
mayor of Kashihara--2
mayor of Kashiwa-11
mayor of Kashiwazaki--2
mayor of Katsura-11
mayor of Katō--2
mayor of Kawagoe--2
mayor of Kawanishi--2
mayor of Kawasaki--2
Mayor of Kita-ku-11
mayor of Kitaakita-11
mayor of Koga--2
mayor of Kokubunji--2
mayor of Komagane--2
mayor of Komatsu--2
mayor of Kosai--2
mayor of Kudamatsu-11
mayor of Kuki--2
mayor of Kumagaya--2
mayor of Kurayoshi--2
mayor of Kushiro-11
mayor of Kyoto-11
mayor of Kōriyama--2
mayor of Kōshū-11
Mayor of Kōtō-2-
mayor of Machida-11
mayor of Maizuru--2
mayor of Makinohara--2
mayor of Marugame--2
mayor of Matsudo--2
mayor of Matsue--2
mayor of Mishima--2
mayor of Miyakojima--2
mayor of Miyawaka--2
mayor of Miyoshi--2
mayor of Mizuho--2
mayor of Moriya--2
mayor of Motomiya--2
mayor of Mukō--2
mayor of Munakata--2
mayor of Muroto--2
mayor of Musashimurayama--2
mayor of Musashino--2
mayor of Nabari--2
mayor of Nagano-11
mayor of Nagaoka--2
mayor of Nagoya-11
mayor of Naka--2
mayor of Nakatsugawa--2
mayor of Namegata--2
mayor of Nanao--2
mayor of Nanjō-11
mayor of Nantan--2
mayor of Naruto--2
mayor of Natori-11
mayor of Nayoro--2
mayor of Neyagawa--2
mayor of Nichinan--2
mayor of Nihommatsu--2
mayor of Niihama--2
mayor of Niiza--2
mayor of Nishinoomote--2
mayor of Noboribetsu--2
mayor of Noshiro--2
mayor of Oga--2
mayor of Okaya--2
mayor of Okazaki-11
mayor of Omaezaki--2
mayor of Osaka-11
mayor of Rumoi--2
mayor of Saga-11
mayor of Sagamihara--2
mayor of Saikai--2
mayor of Saito--2
mayor of Sakata--2
mayor of Sanyōonoda--2
mayor of Sasebo--2
mayor of Sayama--2
mayor of Seiyo--2
mayor of Settsu--2
mayor of Shijōnawate--2
mayor of Shimonoseki--2
mayor of Shimotsuke--2
mayor of Shimotsuma--2
mayor of Shiogama--2
mayor of Shiroi--2
mayor of Shōbara--2
mayor of Sodegaura--2
mayor of Tainai--2
mayor of Takahagi--2
mayor of Takarazuka--2
mayor of Takasago--2
mayor of Takizawa-11
mayor of Tamba--2
mayor of Tatsuno--2
mayor of Tochigi--2
mayor of Togane--2
mayor of Tome--2
mayor of Tomigusuku--2
mayor of Tomisato-11
mayor of Tondabayashi--2
mayor of Tottori--2
mayor of Towada--2
mayor of Toyama--2
mayor of Tsubame--2
mayor of Tsuchiura--2
mayor of Tsugaru--2
mayor of Tsuruga--2
mayor of Tsushima--2
mayor of Tsuyama--2
mayor of Uenohara--2
mayor of Urayasu--2
mayor of Ureshino--2
mayor of Usa--2
mayor of Wakkanai--2
mayor of Yaita--2
mayor of Yamaguchi--2
mayor of Yamanashi--2
mayor of Yamatotakada--2
mayor of Yanai--2
mayor of Yatomi--2
mayor of Yawatahama--2
mayor of Yonezawa--2
mayor of Yūbari--2
mayor of Ōda--2
mayor of Ōfunato--2
mayor of Ōkawa--2
mayor of Ōme-11
mayor of Ōnojō--2
mayor of Ōta--2
mayor of Ōtawara--2
Minister in Charge of Digital Garden City Nation Vision-2-
Political party representative-11
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nagasaki--2
vice-mayor of Kyoto-11
ward mayor of Chiyoda-ku--2
Adachi City Assembly Member-1-
Ageo City Council Member-1-
Ashibetsu City Council Member-1-
Chair, National Public Safety Commission1--
Director-General of the Forestry Agency-1-
Fukushima City Council Member--1
Fukutsu City Council Member-1-
governor of Aichi Prefecture--1
governor of Chiba Prefecture--1
governor of Fukushima Prefecture--1
governor of Gunma Prefecture--1
Governor of Hokkaido--1
governor of Hyōgo Prefecture--1
governor of Kagoshima Prefecture--1
governor of Kyoto--1
governor of Miyazaki Prefecture--1
governor of Niigata Prefecture--1
governor of Okayama Prefecture--1
Governor of Osaka Prefecture--1
governor of Saga Prefecture--1
governor of Toyama Prefecture--1
governor of Yamanashi Prefecture--1
Hamamatsu City Council Member-1-
Hannō City Council Member-1-
Higashihiroshima City Council Member-1-
Hino City Council Member-1-
Itabashi City Assembly Member-1-
Kakegawa City Assembly Member-1-
Kamakura City Council Member-1-
Kashihara City Council Member-1-
Kawaguchi City Council Member-1-
Kitakyushu City Council Member-1-
Leader of Democratic Party for the People--1
Mayor of Abashiri--1
mayor of Aisai--1
mayor of Akaiwa--1
mayor of Ama--1
mayor of Amagasaki--1
mayor of Amagi--1
mayor of Amakusa--1
mayor of Ami--1
mayor of Anamizu-1-
mayor of Anjō--1
mayor of Arida-1-
mayor of Asahi--1
mayor of Asakuchi--1
mayor of Asakura--1
mayor of Ashibetsu--1
mayor of Aso--1
mayor of Atami--1
mayor of Atsugi--1
mayor of Ayabe--1
mayor of Azumino-1-
mayor of Beppu--1
mayor of Bibai--1
Mayor of Bunkyō--1
mayor of Buzen--1
mayor of Chigasaki--1
mayor of Chino--1
mayor of Chiryū--1
mayor of Chita--1
mayor of Chōfu--1
mayor of Chūō--1
mayor of Daisen--1
mayor of Daisen--1
mayor of Daitō--1
mayor of Date--1
mayor of Dazaifu--1
mayor of Ebetsu--1
mayor of Ebina--1
mayor of Echizen--1
mayor of Ena--1
mayor of Esashi--1
mayor of Fuchū--1
mayor of Fuji--1
mayor of Fujimi--1
mayor of Fujinomiya--1
mayor of Fujiyoshida--1
mayor of Fukuoka--1
mayor of Fukutsu--1
mayor of Futtsu--1
mayor of Gobō--1
mayor of Gojō--1
mayor of Gose-1-
mayor of Goshogawara--1
mayor of Gotemba--1
mayor of Gōtsu--1
mayor of Habikino--1
mayor of Hachimantai--1
mayor of Hachinohe--1
mayor of Hagi--1
mayor of Hakodate--1
mayor of Hakone--1
mayor of Hakusan-1-
mayor of Hamada--1
mayor of Hamamatsu--1
mayor of Hanamaki--1
mayor of Hashimoto--1
mayor of Hayakawa-1-
mayor of Hida--1
mayor of Hidaka--1
mayor of Higashimurayama--1
mayor of Higashiōmi--1
mayor of Himeji--1
mayor of Hirakawa--1
mayor of Hiratsuka--1
mayor of Hitachi--1
mayor of Hitachiota--1
mayor of Hitoyoshi--1
mayor of Hokota--1
mayor of Hokuto--1
mayor of Honjō--1
mayor of Ichihara--1
mayor of Ie-1-
mayor of Iga--1
mayor of Iida--1
mayor of Iide--1
mayor of Iitate--1
mayor of Iizuka-1-
mayor of Ikeda--1
mayor of Iki--1
mayor of Ikoma--1
mayor of Imizu--1
mayor of Inashiki--1
mayor of Ise--1
mayor of Itabashi--1
mayor of Itako--1
mayor of Itami--1
mayor of Iwaki-1-
mayor of Iwakuni--1
mayor of Iwakura--1
mayor of Izumi--1
mayor of Izumisano--1
mayor of Jōyō--1
mayor of Kagoshima--1
mayor of Kahoku--1
mayor of Kainan--1
mayor of Kaisei--1
mayor of Kaizu--1
mayor of Kakogawa--1
mayor of Kama--1
mayor of Kamagaya--1
mayor of Kamaishi--1
mayor of Kameoka--1
mayor of Kameyama--1
mayor of Kami--1
mayor of Kamiita--1
mayor of Kaminoyama--1
mayor of Kamo--1
mayor of Kamogawa--1
mayor of Kanoya--1
mayor of Karatsu--1
mayor of Karuizawa--1
mayor of Karumai--1
mayor of Kashima--1
mayor of Kashima--1
mayor of Kashima-1-
mayor of Kashiwara--1
mayor of Kasuga--1
mayor of Kasugai--1
mayor of Katsuragi--1
mayor of Kawachinagano-1-
mayor of Kazo--1
mayor of Kikugawa--1
mayor of Kimitsu--1
mayor of Kiryū--1
mayor of Kisarazu--1
mayor of Kitahiroshima--1
mayor of Kitahiroshima--1
mayor of Kitaibaraki--1
mayor of Kitanagoya--1
mayor of Kiyose-1-
mayor of Kizugawa--1
mayor of Kodaira--1
mayor of Komae-1-
mayor of Komaki-1-
mayor of Koshigaya--1
mayor of Kumamoto--1
mayor of Kunisaki--1
mayor of Kuriyama--1
mayor of Kuroishi--1
mayor of Kusatsu--1
mayor of Kusatsu--1
mayor of Kyōtanabe--1
mayor of Kōchi--1
mayor of Kōfu--1
mayor of Kōnan--1
mayor of Kōnosu--1
mayor of Maibara--1
mayor of Makurazaki-1-
mayor of Maniwa--1
mayor of Masuda--1
mayor of Matsuda--1
mayor of Matsumoto--1
mayor of Matsuyama--1
mayor of Meguro--1
mayor of Meiwa-1-
mayor of Mihara--1
mayor of Minami-Alps--1
mayor of Minamiawaji--1
mayor of Minamikyūshū--1
mayor of Minamishimabara--1
mayor of Minamisōma--1
mayor of Mitoyo--1
mayor of Mitsuke--1
mayor of Miura--1
mayor of Miyazu--1
mayor of Miyoshi--1
mayor of Morioka-1-
mayor of Nagai--1
mayor of Nagareyama--1
mayor of Nagasaki--1
mayor of Naha--1
mayor of Nakagawa--1
mayor of Nakano--1
mayor of Nankoku--1
mayor of Nanyō--1
mayor of Nara--1
mayor of Nasushiobara--1
mayor of Nemuro--1
mayor of Niigata--1
mayor of Nikkō--1
mayor of Ninohe--1
mayor of Niseko--1
mayor of Nishio--1
mayor of Noda--1
mayor of Nomi--1
mayor of Nonoichi--1
mayor of Numata--1
mayor of Nōgata--1
mayor of Ogi--1
mayor of Ojiya--1
mayor of Okegawa--1
mayor of Okutama--1
mayor of Omitama--1
mayor of Ono--1
mayor of Onomichi--1
mayor of Owase--1
mayor of Oyama--1
mayor of Rikuzentakata--1
mayor of Sakado--1
mayor of Sakaide--1
mayor of Sakaiminato--1
mayor of Sakura--1
mayor of Sakuragawa--1
mayor of Sakurai--1
mayor of Sammu--1
mayor of Sanjō--1
mayor of Sano--1
Mayor of Sapporo--1
mayor of Satsumasendai--1
mayor of Semboku--1
mayor of Sendai--1
mayor of Setagaya--1
mayor of Seto--1
mayor of Shibata--1
mayor of Shibecha--1
mayor of Shibetsu-1-
mayor of Shibuya--1
mayor of Shiki--1
mayor of Shikokuchūō--1
mayor of Shimanto--1
mayor of Shingū--1
mayor of Shinjō--1
mayor of Shinshiro--1
mayor of Shiojiri--1
mayor of Shirakawa--1
mayor of Shiraoka--1
mayor of Sosa--1
mayor of Suginami--1
mayor of Sukagawa--1
mayor of Sukumo--1
mayor of Sumida--1
mayor of Susaki--1
mayor of Suwa--1
mayor of Suzuka--1
mayor of Tagawa--1
mayor of Tahara--1
mayor of Taitō--1
mayor of Tajimi--1
mayor of Tajiri--1
mayor of Takahama-1-
mayor of Takahama--1
mayor of Takahashi--1
mayor of Takaishi--1
mayor of Takamatsu--1
mayor of Takasaki--1
mayor of Takashima--1
mayor of Takatsuki--1
mayor of Takayama--1
mayor of Takeo--1
mayor of Taku--1
mayor of Tarumizu--1
mayor of Tatebayashi--1
mayor of Toki--1
mayor of Tokoname--1
mayor of Tokorozawa--1
mayor of Tomakomai-1-
mayor of Tonami--1
mayor of Toride--1
mayor of Tosa--1
mayor of Tosashimizu-1-
mayor of Tosu--1
mayor of Toyohashi--1
mayor of Toyokawa--1
mayor of Toyonaka--1
mayor of Tsu--1
mayor of Tsukuba--1
mayor of Tsukubamirai--1
mayor of Tsushima--1
mayor of Tōkai--1
mayor of Tōkamachi--1
mayor of Ube--1
mayor of Ueda--1
mayor of Uki--1
mayor of Unnan--1
mayor of Urasoe--1
mayor of Uruma--1
mayor of Ushiku--1
mayor of Utsunomiya--1
mayor of Wajima--1
mayor of Wakō--1
mayor of Warabi--1
mayor of Wazuka-1-
mayor of Yabu--1
mayor of Yachimata--1
mayor of Yaizu--1
mayor of Yamaga--1
mayor of Yamagata--1
mayor of Yamato--1
mayor of Yamatokoriyama--1
mayor of Yanagawa--1
mayor of Yao--1
mayor of Yashio--1
mayor of Yasu--1
mayor of Yatsushiro--1
mayor of Yoichi--1
mayor of Yokosuka--1
mayor of Yoshikawa--1
mayor of Yotsukaidō--1
mayor of Yugawara--1
mayor of Yukuhashi--1
mayor of Zama--1
mayor of Zentsūji--1
mayor of Ōamishirasato--1
mayor of Ōgaki--1
mayor of Ōharu-1-
mayor of Ōi--1
mayor of Ōita-1-
mayor of Ōmihachiman--1
mayor of Ōmura--1
mayor of Ōsakasayama--1
mayor of Ōsaki--1
mayor of Ōshū--1
mayor of Ōtsu--1
mayor of Ōyamazaki--1
mayor of Ōzu--1
member of a prefectural assembly-1-
member of Kobe City Council--1
member of Komae City Council--1
Minato City Council Member-1-
Minister for Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reforms--1
Minister in charge of preparations for the establishment of the Disaster Management Agency-1-
Minister of Cybersecurity-1-
Minister of New Regional Economy and Life Environment Creation-1-
Minister of State for Digital Reform-1-
Minister of State for Special Missions (Coexistence and Mutual Aid) of the Cabinet Office-1-
Miyako City Councilor-1-
Niigata City Council Member--1
Ogaki City Council Member-1-
president of the Japanese Bishops Conference--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Osaka-1-
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu--1
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tokyo--1
Saitama City Council Member-1-
Setagaya city assembly councilors--1
Suita City Council Member1--
Takashima City Council Member-1-
Toyonaka City Council Member-1-
vice minister of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology--1
Wage Improvement Officer-1-
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