What is Azuma Koshiishi?
{{Infobox Prime Minister |name = Azuma Koshiishi<br /><small>輿石 東</small> |image = Azuma Koshiishi 2.jpg |caption = Koshiishi |office = Member of the [[House of Councillors (Japan)|House of Councillors]] |term_start = 12 July 1998 |term_end = 21 June 2016 |predecessor = {{Interlanguage link multi|Tetsuro Shimura|ja|3=志村哲良}} |successor = {{Interlanguage link multi|Yuka Miyazawa|ja|3=宮沢由佳}} |constituency = [[Yamanashi at-large district]] |office2 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] |constituency2 = {{Interlanguage link multi|Yamanashi at-large district (1947–1993)|ja|3=山梨県全県区|lt=Yamanashi at-large district}} |term_start2 = 18 February 1990 |term_end2 = 27 September 1996 |predecessor2 = [[Mitsuo Horiuchi]] |alongside2 = [[Eiichi Nakao]] <small>(1990–1996)</small><br />[[Shin Kanemaru]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Toshimasa Ueda|ja|3=上田利正}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Kunio Tanabe|ja|3=田邊圀男}} <small>(1990–1993)</small><br />[[Mitsuo Horiuchi]], [[Sakihito Ozawa]], [[Shōmei Yokouchi]] <small>(1993–1996)</small> |successor2 = Seat abolished |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|5|14|df=yes}} |birth_place = Tatsuoka, [[Nirasaki, Yamanashi|Nirasaki]], [[Japan]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)|Democratic Party]] |alma_mater = [[Tsuru University|Tsuru Junior College]] |religion = |website = [http://www.k-azuma.com/ Official website] }} {{Nihongo|'''Azuma Koshiishi'''|輿石 東|Koshiishi Azuma|born May 14, 1936}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]] of the [[Democratic Party (Japan, 2016)|Democratic Party]]. He was a member of the [[House of Councillors]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]], and general secretary of the ruling [[Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)|Democratic Party]]. He was elected to the [[House of Representatives of Japan]] in 1990, where he served for two terms until 1996 when he failed to be re-elected. He was elected to the House of Counc