Osamu Fujimura

is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2012.

Early life and career Osamu Fujimura was born in Osaka on 3 November 1949. He studied engineering at Hiroshima University, where he was a member of the automobile club.

As a student became interested in the plight of orphans from traffic accidents and came in contact with Yoshiomi Tamai. After graduating he began working in the secretariat of the Association for Traffic Accident Orphans, which Tamai founded. He joined the Democratic Party for the People, and folded with the majority of the party into the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.