Osamu Fujimura

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. ==Political career==

Fujimura's impetus for going into politics came after Morihiro Hosokawa approached Yoshiomi Tamai about running for the Japan New Party in the 1993 election. Tamai declined but recommended Fujimura to run in his stead. Fujimura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time from the third district of Osaka Prefecture. Yoshihiko Noda was first elected for the Japan New Party at the same time. Due to subsequent mergers and splits of political parties, Fujimura successively became a member of the New Frontier Party, the "Voice of the People" and the Good Governance Party, before becoming part of the Democratic Party of Japan in 1998. He gradually became a close aide to Yoshihiko Noda. He joined the Democratic Party for the People, and folded with the majority of the party into the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. == References ==