Later Political Life
Hosokawa joined Shinshinto in 1996, and later moved to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 1998 from which he retired from politics in May of that year.
In his retirement, he has taken up pottery which has been exhibited in Japan and Europe. He is also a tea master and a special consultant to The Japan Times. Upon his father's death in 2005, Hosokawa succeeded him as the head of the Hosokawa family.
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