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Takashi Fukaya

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Takashi Fukaya (深谷 隆司, Fukaya Takashi, born 29 September 1935) is a Japanese LDP-politician.

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with members of Murayama Reshuffled Cabinet (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on August 8, 1995)

Takashi was born in the Asakusa area of Taitō, Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000, serving as postal minister in 1990 under Toshiki Kaifu, and as Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1996 under Tomiichi Murayama. He served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) from 1999 to 2000 under Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori, but lost his Tokyo 2nd district seat to Yoshikatsu Nakayama in the 2000 general election, forcing his resignation as a cabinet minister.

He returned to the House in the 2005 election, and served there until announcing his retirement by failing to run in the 2012 election.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Post and Telecommunications
1990
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Home Affairs
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

1995–1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of International Trade and Industry
1999–2000
Succeeded by
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by
MMC
Representative for Tokyo 8th district (multi-member)
1972–1976
1979–1996
Served alongside: Mitsuhiro Kaneko, Hisanori Yamada, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Kunio Hatoyama
District eliminated
Preceded by Representative for Tokyo 2nd district
2005–2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Moichi Miyazaki
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Communications
1986–1987
Succeeded by
Shunpei Tsukahara
Preceded by
Kōsuke Uehara
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Budget
1996–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Fundamental National Policies
2006
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Director of the LDP Youth Division
1976–1977
Succeeded by
Masaaki Nakayama
Preceded by Chairman of the LDP General Council
1998–1999
Succeeded by