Yasuhiro Sonoda
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Yasuhiro Sonoda | |
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園田 康博 | |
 Official portrait, 2012 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 9 November 2003 – 16 November 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Multi-member district |
| Succeeded by | Yoji Muto |
| Constituency | Tōkai PR (2003–2009) Gifu 3rd (2009–2012) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1967 Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan |
| Party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal League (1998–2000) |
| Alma mater | Nihon University Keio University |
Yasuhiro Sonoda (園田 康博, Sonoda Yasuhiro; born 9 June 1967) is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.
A native of Amakusa District, Kumamoto, he attended Nihon University as undergraduate and graduate students and Keio University as a research student.[1]
Political career
Sonoda was elected for the first time in 2003 after unsuccessful runs in 1998 and 2000.[1]
Sonoda became internationally known for drinking a glass of water, collected from puddles under the reactor buildings at the radioactively polluted Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and then decontaminated, during a press conference in October 2011 after being challenged to do so.[2][3]
Sonoda quit politics in June 2015, following a failed run in the 2014 Japanese general election.[4]
