Shu Watanabe (politician)

Shu Watanabe
Shu Watanabe
渡辺周
	Watanabe in 2023
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 1996
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Shizuoka 6th (1996–2021; 2024–present); Tōkai PR (2021–2024)
Member of the Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 1991–1996
Constituency	Numazu City
Personal details
Born	11 December 1961 (age 63); Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	DSP (before 1994); Independent (1994–1996); DP 1996 (1996–1998); DPJ (1998–2016); DP 2016 (2016–2017); Kibō no Tō (2017–2018); DPP (2018–2020)
Alma mater	Waseda University

Shu Watanabe (渡辺周, Watanabe Shū, born December 11, 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature).

Early life

Watanabe is a native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduated from Waseda University. He worked at the national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun from 1987 to 1999.

Political career

Watanabe was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He served as the representative for the Shizuoka 6th constituency from 1996 to 2021, and again from 2024, and as the Tōkai proportional representation member from 2021 to 2024.

He is an assenter of "The Truth About Nanjing (movie)." He was previously a member of the Kibō no Tō political party, being the party's candidate for Prime Minister, and the Democratic Party of Japan, along with the Democratic Party for the People.

Watanabe is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Security Minister (replacement to the Minister of Defense).^[1]

References

^ 立憲民主党. "立憲民主党泉「次の内閣」". 立憲民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-08.

政治家情報〜渡辺周〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

External links

Official website Archived 2005-08-15 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese.

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[1] 立憲民主党. "立憲民主党泉「次の内閣」". 立憲民主党 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-08.

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