Motohisa Furukawa
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Motohisa Furukawa (古川 元久? born 1965) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1988, attending Columbia University in the United States as a ministry official. Leaving the ministry in 1994, he took part in the formation of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1996 and was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year; he is currently serving his fourth term in this House.
Motohisa Furukawa is a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders and is founder of its recently developed Table For Two initiative.
[edit] References
- 政治家情報 〜古川 元久〜 (Japanese). ザ・選挙. JANJAN. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
[edit] External links
- Official website in Japanese.