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Hiroaki Tabata is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives, currently in his sixth term. Born in 1973 in Toyama, he worked in the banking and manufacturing sectors before entering politics, serving as a member of the Toyama City Council and the Toyama Prefectural Assembly. Throughout his parliamentary career, he has held positions including Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare. Tabata has been involved in controversies regarding political funding, including the Liberal Democratic Party's factional slush fund scandal and issues surrounding his own political fundraising events. Despite these challenges and internal party scrutiny, he was re-elected in the 2025 general election via the proportional representation block.