Osamu Fujimura
藤村 修
Official portrait, 2010
Minister for the Abduction Issue
In office 24 October 2012 – 26 December 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Keishu Tanaka
Succeeded by	Keiji Furuya
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 2 September 2011 – 26 December 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Yukio Edano
Succeeded by	Yoshihide Suga
Member of theHouse of Representatives
In office 19 July 1993 – 16 November 2012
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Naomi Tokashiki
Constituency	Osaka 3rd (1993–1996) Osaka 7th (1996–2005; 2009–2012) Kinki PR (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-03)3 November 1949 (age 75) Osaka,Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	JNP (1992–1994) NFP (1994–1998) GGP (1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP (2016–2018) DPP (2018–2020)
Alma mater	Hiroshima University

Osamu Fujimura (藤村 修,Fujimura Osamu, born 3 November 1949) is a formerJapanese politician of theDemocratic Party of Japan, who served asChief Cabinet Secretary under Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of theHouse of Representatives from 1993 to 2012.

Osamu Fujimura was born inOsaka on 3 November 1949. He studied engineering atHiroshima University, where he was a member of the automobile club.^[1][2][3]

As a student became interested in the plight of orphans from traffic accidents and came in contact withYoshiomi Tamai. After graduating he began working in the secretariat of the Association for Traffic Accident Orphans, which Tamai founded.^[3]

Fujimura's impetus for going into politics came afterMorihiro Hosokawa approached Yoshiomi Tamai about running for theJapan New Party in the1993 election. Tamai declined but recommended Fujimura to run in his stead. Fujimura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time from the third district of Osaka Prefecture. Yoshihiko Noda was first elected for the Japan New Party at the same time. Due to subsequent mergers and splits of political parties, Fujimura successively became a member of theNew Frontier Party, the "Voice of the People" and theGood Governance Party, before becoming part of theDemocratic Party of Japan in 1998. He gradually became a close aide to Yoshihiko Noda.^[3]

Fujimura lost his district in the2005 election but was elected in the proportional block. He regained his district in2009, which the DPJ won in a landslide. Fujimura became chairman of the Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare in the House of Representatives. WhenNaoto Kan became prime minister in June 2010, Fujimura was appointed Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was moved to Senior Vice Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the September reshuffle. He left to become Deputy Secretary General of the DPJ in June the following year.^[2][3]

In theDPJ leadership election to succeed Naoto Kan in August 2011, Fujimura served as campaign manager for Yoshihiko Noda. When Noda was elected and became prime minister the following month Fujimura was appointed asChief Cabinet Secretary. He concurrently served asMinister for the Abduction Issue from October 2012.^[1][3]

He lost his seat in the December2012 election. He resigned along with the rest of the Noda Cabinet later the same month.^[4] He joined theDemocratic Party for the People, and folded with the majority of the party into theConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan.

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