About Kohei Otsuka
Lived 1959 – 2026 (aged 66). Kohei Otsuka was a Japanese politician.
was a Japanese politician. He was a leader of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and the Democratic Party (DP). A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms. Afterwards, he worked at the Bank of Japan from 1983 to 2000 As a result, Maehara resigned as DP president on 30 October 2017. Otsuka was elected unopposed to succeed Maehara the following day. He chose not to run for a full 3-year term in the DPP leadership election in September 2018.
He stated his intent to leave the party in 2024, citing his desire to run for mayor of Nagoya. This came after Seiji Maehara and a group of others defected from the DPP due to party leader Yuichiro Tamaki's ambivalent stance on if he wished to join the LDP government or continue as an opposition member.
Death Otsuka died from heart failure on 2 March 2026, at the age of 66.
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Japanese politician
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Kohei Otsuka was born on 5 October 1959 in Nagoya.
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Kohei Otsuka died on 2 March 2026.
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Kohei Otsuka was a politician.
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