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He was born Martti Turunen in , when he was 34, he met his second wife, Sachiko, and he became enamored with the country. Having decided to become Japan ese, he gained his Citizenship in 1979 , at the age of 39, and took on a Japanese Language version of his Finnish Language name. Over the next decade, Tsurunen completed the first Finnish translations of '' The Tale Of Genji '' and several other Japanese books while teaching English in Kanagawa Prefecture . In 1992 , at the age of 52, he ran for the town assembly in Yugawara and was elected; he subsequently wrote a popular book called ''Here Comes a Blue-Eyed Assemblyman''. He served on the Yugawara assembly until 1995 , when he made his first bid for the House Of Councillors and lost. In 2001 , after writing another book called ''I Want to Be Japanese'', Tsurunen again failed to achieve a seat but was the first runner-up for the DPJ. After the resignation of Kyosen Ohashi , Tsurunen finally entered the House of Councillors on October 4 , 2002 . He has two children, one daughter and one son. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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