Hajime Furuta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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the governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan
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Place of Birth: Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
About Hajime Furuta
- Hajime Furuta (?? ?, Furuta Hajime, born 13 September 1947) is the governor of Gifu Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2005 and reelected in 2009.
- A native of Gifu, Gifu, he was chosen as the final torchbearer for the National Sports Festival when it was held in Gifu while he was a senior at Gifu Prefectural Senior High School.
- He entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo and joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1971.
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