Aomori 2nd district (青森県第2区, Aomori-ken dai-niku or simply 青森2区, Aomori-niku) is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives in the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Eastern Aomori and is made up of the cities of, Towada, Misawa, and Hachinohe, the district of Sannohe and a portion of Kamikita District.
As of 2015, this district was home to 250,364 constituents, roughly half the number of Japan's largest district, Tokyo 1st district.Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC):
Aomori is a so-called "Liberal Democratic kingdom," meaning that it frequently returns members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Akinori Eto represented the district continuously from 2003 to 2017, one of few Liberal Democratic representatives not voted out of office during the Democratic Party of Japan's rapid rise to power during the 2009 general election. Eto served as Minister of Defense in 2014, during Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's 2nd cabinet rotation.
After redistricting in 2017, the 2nd district covers all of what was previously the 3rd district. Some areas in the northern part where transferred to the Aomori 1st district, including the city of Mutsu.
List of representatives Representative Party Dates Notes Akinori Eto LDP 1996 – 2000 Lost re-election Shingo Mimura AI 2000 – 2003 Akinori Eto LDP 2003 – 2017 Gained a seat in the Tohoku PR block Tadamori Ōshima LDP 2017 – 2021 Former Representative of the 3rd district Junichi Kanda LDP 2021 –
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