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Japan's ‘war on terror’ should start at home

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Wakamiya Yoshibumi
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A long time ago, I visited Seizo Kaikan in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, while covering a Lower House election. The facility was the local base of Lower House member Kato Koichi. It also served as an assembly hall for his supporters.

The hall was built in 1961 for Kato's late father Seizo, also a politician, with money raised by his supporters. Since Kato succeeded his father and won his first election in 1972, the walls were said to have been covered by campaign posters from 12 elections. The histories of the two politicians were deeply ingrained there.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , e8
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