is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, and consists of the cities of Miura and Yokosuka.
This constituency has United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka where is the home port of US Naval Forces in Japan which is the integral part of United States Forces Japan, home of Seventh Fleet of United States Navy and JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, which hosts Fleet Submarine Force, Mine Warfare Force, Fleet Research and Development Command, Fleet Intelligence Command of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It also has Nissan Oppama Plant, Yokosuka Research Park
Former Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi served as the first representative of the constituency from its creation in 1996. Koizumi retired at the 2009 elections and his son Shinjirō ran as a candidate for his father's old seat. The Democratic Party of Japan fielded Katsuhito Yokokume, a lawyer and former participant in the Ainori TV show,Nikkan Sports, November 20, 2008: 小泉Jrの刺客は27歳「あいのり」弁護士 as a candidate in 2009 to a bid to end the LDP dominance of the district.Katsuhito Yokokume, official website
As of September 2012, 391,020 eligible voters were registered in the district.Ministry of general affairs: 平成24年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数
List of representatives MemberPartyDatesElectoral historyNotes Junichiro KoizumiLiberal Democratic20 October 1996 – 21 July 2009Elected in 1996.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2003.Re-elected in 2005.Retired.Prime Minister of Japan (2001–2006)Minister of Health and Welfare (1988–1989; 1996–1998)Minister of Post and Telecommunications (1992–1993)Shinjirō KoizumiLiberal Democratic31 August 2009 – presentElected in 2009.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2017.Re-elected in 2021.Re-elected in 2024. Re-elected in 2026.Minister of Defense (2025-)Minister of Agriculture (2025) Minister of the Environment (2019–2021)Second son of Junichirō Koizumi
Election results
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