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| is | Politician Lawyer | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 20 November 1984 | |
| Age | 40 years | |
| Politics: | Japanese Communist Party |
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Taku Yamazoe (Japanese: 山添 拓, born 20 November 1984, Kyoto Prefecture) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Councillors, a position he was elected to in 2016. He was educated at the University of Tokyo and at Waseda Law School, in 2007 and 2010 respectively. In 2010, he passed the National Bar Examination and became a lawyer in 2011. During his time as a lawyer, he represented workers that worked at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Yamazoe is a supporter of LGBT rights.