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 | | In 1992, he won a seat in the town assembly of his adopted hometown, Yugawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Tokyo, at the time the first Westerner to be elected to a local assembly. |
 | | He is the author of two books, "A blue-eyed Diet member set to emerge" in 1995 and "I want to be Japanese," published in Japanese in 1993, and in Finnish in 1994. |
 | | After leaving the Diet's upper house, which ended its session at 3:04 pm, Tsurunen headed back to the Kanagawa Prefectural government office to hold a press conference scheduled for 5:00 pm (0800 GMT), said an assistant at his parliamentary office. |
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