is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima and graduate of

Komazawa University , abbreviated as 駒大 ''Komadai'', is one of the oldest universities in Japan. Its history starts in 1592, when a seminary was established to be a center of learning for the young monks of the Sōtō sect, one of the two main Zen Buddhist trad ...

, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Aizuwakamatsu in 1982, to the first of his four terms in the assembly of

Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (; ja, 福島県, Fukushima-ken, ) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Fukushima Prefecture has a population of 1,810,286 () and has a geographic area of . Fukushima Prefecture borders Miya ...

and to the first of his terms in the House of Representatives in 2005.

Right-wing positions

He was a supporter of

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

filmmaker

Satoru Mizushima is a Japanese filmmaker and nationalist. He graduated from Waseda University majoring in German literature. He can often be seen and heard during nationalist rallies in Tokyo, especially during anti-Chinese protests. He denies Japan's destructive ...

's 2007 film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanking Massacre ever occurred.The Japan Time
NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007
Retrieved on August 21, 2012

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Koizumi Children Politicians from Fukushima Prefecture Living people 1952 births Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Komazawa University alumni {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub