Kotaro Tamura

Kotaro Tamura
田村 耕太郎
Tamura in 2015
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 28 October 2002 – 25 July 2010
Preceded by	Shigenobu Sakano
Succeeded by	Kazuyuki Hamada
Constituency	Tottori at-large
Personal details
Born	(1963-07-23) 23 July 1963 Tottori City, Tottori, Japan
Political party	Independent (1998–2002; 2009–2010)
Other political affiliations	LDP (2002–2009) DPJ (2010)
Alma mater	Waseda University Keio University Yale University Duke University University of Tokyo

Kotaro Tamura (田村 耕太郎, Tamura Kōtarō; born July 23, 1963) is a Japanese former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (2002–2010). He was a member of Prime Minister Abe's government, serving as his Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office of Economic and Fiscal Policy, where he worked toward opening up Japanese businesses to foreign investment. A native of Tottori, he received his BA from Waseda University, his MBA from Keio University, his MA from Yale, and his LLM from Duke Law School. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2002.

References

• 政治家情報 〜田村 耕太郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-11-15.

External links

• Kotaro Tamura's official blog in Japanese.
• Kotaro Tamura on Twitter