Yasuo Ogata

Yasuo Ogata (緒方 靖夫, Ogata Yasuo) is a member and the Vice Chairman of the Japanese Communist Party.

[1] He was a member of the House of Councillors from 2000 to 2010.

[2] In 1989, Ogata appealed to the Supreme Court of Japan to reopen a case where five officers were investigated for possible violations of the Telecommunications Enterprise Law[3] after an eavesdropping device was found on his telephone line that was diverted to the apartment of the son of a police officer.

[4] Ogata is a supporter of the elimination of nuclear weapons.

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