Masahiro Imamura

Masahiro Imamura (今村 雅弘 Imamura Masahiro, born January 25, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kashima, Saga and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after working for the JR.

Career

Yasukuni visits and right wing affiliations

On August 11, 2016, one week after joining Shinzō Abe's cabinet as reconstruction minister for disaster-hit regions, Masahiro Imamura visited the controversial Yasukuni shrine.[1]

Imamura is a member of key right-wing Diet groups:[2]

Ahead of the 2012 elections,[3] Imamura positioned himself in favor of:

Note that Imamura, who holds rather radical positions about nuclear issues, is now the minister in charge of coping with the aftermath of the Fukushima.

References

  1. ↑ "Reconstruction minister visits war-linked Yasukuni Shrine" (Japan Times - August 11, 2016)
  2. ↑ "日本会議の全貌、花伝社" (Yoshifumi Tawara, Kadensha, 2016)
  3. ↑ Mainichi questionnaire

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