The is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). It is located in Tokyo and encompasses Shinagawa ward and several outlying islands that belong to the Tokyo Metropolis.
Before the electoral reform of 1994, the area had been part of Tokyo 2nd district where five Representatives had been elected by single non-transferable vote.
Current representative from the Tokyo 3rd district is Hirotaka Ishihara (Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, LDP), the son of former prefectural governor and environment minister Shintarō Ishihara (Japan Restoration Party, formerly LDP) and brother of former environment minister Nobuteru Ishihara (LDP). In 2012, Ishihara narrowly beat incumbent Jin Matsubara (DPJ, Hatoyama and Kawabata groups) who began his political career in 1985 as a candidate for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly for the New Liberal Club and later represented Ōta in the Metropolitan Assembly as an independent with Zekin-tō ("Tax Party") support, subsequently joined the LDP, the Japan Renewal Party (JRP), the New Frontier Party (NFP), the Liberal Party, the Good Governance Party (GGP) and finally the Democratic Party (DPJ) in 1998.
Area Former Tokyo City Shinagawa ward Izu Islands Ōshima Subprefecture Ōshima Town Toshima Village Niijima Village Kōzushima Village Miyake Subprefecture Miyake Village Mikurajima Village Hachijō Subprefecture Hachijō Town Aogashima Village Ogasawara Subprefecture Ogasawara Village
List of representatives Representative Party Dates Notes Shinichiro Kurimoto LDP 1996 – 2000 Jin Matsubara DPJ 2000 – 2005 Won seat in the Tokyo PR block Hirotaka Ishihara LDP 2005 – 2009 Failed reelection in the Tokyo PR block Jin Matsubara DPJ 2009 – 2012 Won seat in the Tokyo PR block Hirotaka Ishihara LDP 2012 – 2021 Won seat in the Tokyo PR block Jin Matsubara CDP 2021 – 2024 Moved to the 26th district Hirotaka Ishihara LDP 2024 –
Election results
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