Tetsuo MorimotoTetsuo Morimoto is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of [Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives] in the Diet from 2005 to 2012.Early lifeA native of Iinan, Mie and graduate of Tsu City College, he worked at the government of the town of Iinan from 1968 to 1998.Political careerHe was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Mie Prefecture in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.