Masahiro Tabata
Masahiro Tabata was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Wakayama, Wakayama and graduate of Doshisha University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 after working as a journalist. Tabata died from pneumonia on 5 January 2025, at the age of 85.