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Place of Birth: Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
About Yuya Niwa
- Yuya Niwa (?? ??, Niwa Yuya, born April 20, 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
- A native of Niihari District, Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1979 after working as a writer for Yomiuri Shimbun.
- Later, he served as the Minister of Health in 1992 and in 1999. He was defeated by Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)-backed candidate Hiroko Oizumi(former Lieutenant Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture)in the Japanese general election, 2009.
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