Toshinobu Nakasato | |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
Term Start: | 14 December 2014 |
Term End: | 28 September 2017 |
Predecessor: | Kōsaburō Nishime |
Successor: | Kōsaburō Nishime |
Constituency: | Okinawa-4th |
Office1: | Member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly |
Term Start1: | 1992 |
Term End1: | 2008 |
Constituency1: | Shimajiri District |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1937 |
Birth Place: | Haebaru, Okinawa, Japan |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Party: | Independent |
Otherparty: | LDP (1997–2013, 1992–1994) NFP (1994–1997)[1] |
Alma Mater: | University of the Ryukyus |
Website: | Official Twitter account |
is a Japanese politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of Japan representing Okinawa 4th district (southern Okinawa Island and the Sakishima Islands).[2] Before he entered national politics, Nakasato was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly for 16 years. He served as the Speaker of the Assembly from 2006 until his retirement from prefectural politics in 2008. He is opposed against the construction of a US base in Yonaguni and the relocation of the Futenma air base within Okinawa Prefecture.[3]