page_title: Akio Fukuda
hierarchical_section_title: Akio Fukuda
caption_attribution_description: Ryō Shuhama, Akio Fukuda and Takashi Morita, Parliamentary Secretaries for Internal Affairs and Communications, attended the press conference at the Central Government Building No.2 in Chiyoda Ward, Tōkyō Metropolis on September, 2011. (For terms of use, see 総務省｜当省ホームページについて.)
context_page_description: Akio Fukuda is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of Imaichi in 1971 and became the mayor of the city in 1991, serving for three terms. He was elected to be the governor of Tochigi Prefecture in 2000 but lost his re-election in 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.
context_section_description: Akio Fukuda (福田 昭夫, Fukuda Akio, born 17 April 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Imaichi, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the city government of Imaichi in 1971 and became the mayor of the city in 1991, serving for three terms. He was elected to be the governor of Tochigi Prefecture in 2000 but lost his re-election in 2004. In 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.
caption: Fukuda (centre) talking in a press conference, September 2011.
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