Kenji Eda | |
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江田 憲司 | |
.jpg) Kenji Eda in 2025 | |
| Member of theHouse of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Tetsundo Iwakuni |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 8th |
| In office 28 October 2002 – 10 October 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Hiroshi Nakada |
| Succeeded by | Tetsundo Iwakuni |
| Constituency | Kanagawa 8th |
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| Born | (1956-04-28)28 April 1956 (age 69) Okayama,Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| Political party | CDP (since 2017)[1] |
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| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Website | www |
Kenji Eda (江田 憲司,Eda Kenji; born 28 April 1956) is a Japanese politician and member of theHouse of Representatives in theDiet (national legislature). A native ofOkayama Prefecture and graduate of theUniversity of Tokyo, he joined theMinistry of International Trade and Industry in 1979, attending theCenter for International Affairs atHarvard University in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the government in 1998, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of theLiberal Democratic Party. He ran again in 2002 as an independent, and was elected for the first time. He lost his seat in 2003, but was re-elected in 2005.
He was a member ofYour Party from its foundation in 2009 to 2013. On August 7, 2013, he was demoted from the secretary-general by party leaderYoshimi Watanabe due to disagreements in political policies. He left Your Party on December 9, 2013, along with thirteen other members, and announced the formation of a new party known as theUnity Party.[2] He stated that his goal was to "change Japan by abolishing bureaucracy-led politics, fighting vested interests and breaking the centralization of power." Your Party challenged Eda's withdrawal by ordering the resignation of the defectors.[3]
In 2014 he joined theJapan Innovation Party, which merged with other parties to create theDemocratic Party in early 2016.
He is currently a member of theConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP).[1] He expressed interest in possibly running in the2024 CDP leadership election against incumbent party leaderKenta Izumi.[4] He eventually decided against running, agreeing instead to back candidateHarumi Yoshida.[5]
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