Shu Watanabe (politician)

Shu Watanabe (渡辺 周) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature). A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun from 1987 to 1999. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing (movie)." He was previously a member of Kibō no Tō, being the party's candidate for Prime Minister, and the Democratic Party of Japan, along with the Democratic Party for the People.

Watanabe is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Security Minister (replacement to the Minister of Defense).