What is Kantoku Teruya?
'''{{Nihongo|Kantoku Teruya|照屋 寛徳|Teruya Kantoku|lead=yes|July 24, 1945 – April 15, 2022}}''' was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)|Social Democratic Party]]. He was in the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] from 2003 to 2021. Teruya is part of the [[Takeshi Onaga|All-Okinawa coalition]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710230042.html|title=VOTE 2017: Okinawa loses 1 seat to supporter of Futenma base relocation|publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=23 October 2017|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173803/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201710230042.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Teruya was born in [[Saipan]], [[Northern Mariana Islands]]. He was a member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] between 1995 and 2001. Teruya died on April 15, 2022 in [[Nishihara, Okinawa|Nishihara]], [[Japan]] from [[stomach cancer]], aged 76.<ref>[https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/943539 前衆院議員の照屋寛徳さん死去 76歳、衆参合わせ国会議員24年] {{in lang|ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Teruya, Kantoku}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Okinawa Prefecture]] {{bio-stub}}