Kōzō Watanabe (Democratic Party politician)

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Kōzō Watanabe (渡部 恒三, Watanabe Kōzō, born May 24, 1932) is a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

He was born in Tajima, Fukushima. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture in 1959 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1969 as an independent. He later joined the Liberal Democratic Party and eventually the DPJ.[1]

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  1. "Farming in Japan : Field work : With fewer, bigger plots and fewer part-time farmers, agriculture could compete". The Economist. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2016.