Takeshi Tokuda

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Takeshi Tokuda (徳田毅, Tokuda Takeshi, born May 30, 1971) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as an independent. A native of Yao, Osaka he attended University of California, Los Angeles and summer school at Harvard University in the United States. He entered Teikyo University in April 2005. He was elected for the first time in 2005.^[1] His father Torao Tokuda is also a politician, as well as head of the Tokushukai hospital group. Takeshi Tokuda resigned from his Diet post in February 2013, after tabloid Shūkan Shinchō ran a story alleging he had raped an intoxicated 19-year-old, and then when the victim filed a civil suit against him for damages came to an out-of-court settlement with her for ¥10 million. In public comments, Tokuda apologised for causing trouble but refused comment on the issue, stating that he had agreed not to discuss it.^[2]

References

↑ "政治家情報〜徳田毅〜". JANJAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-06.
↑ "Liberal Democrat rising star Takeshi Tokuda felled by sex scandal". South China Morning Post. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2014-01-12.

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Date of birth	1971
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