Seiken Akamine

Japanese politician
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Personal detailsBorn (1947-12-18) December 18, 1947 (age 76)
Naha, USCARPolitical partyJapanese Communist PartyWebsiteOfficial website

Seiken Akamine (赤嶺 政賢, Akamine Seiken, born December 18, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Japanese Communist Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Naha, Okinawa and graduate of Tokyo Education University, he taught at high schools. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Naha in 1985 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.

In the 2014 Japanese general elections, he won Okinawa's 1st district. The election saw significant gains for the Japanese Communist Party, which raised its seat total from 8 to 21. Akamine's victory was JCP's first single-seat constituency victory in 18 years.[1] His victory was part of a wave against the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Okinawa caused by local anger over by a joint US-Japan decision to relocate a marine base to a residential area. LDP candidates lost all four Okinawan seats despite the party winning nationwide.[2] In the 2017 general election, Akamine retained his seat.[3]

References

  • 政治家情報 〜赤嶺 政賢〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  1. ^ "Resurgent JCP has night to remember". Japan Times. December 15, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "LDP loses heavily in Okinawa". Japan Times. December 15, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "VOTE 2017: Okinawa loses 1 seat to supporter of Futenma base relocation". The Asahi Shimbun. October 23, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  • Official website in Japanese.


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