is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the

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(2003-2005:

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, 2005-2009 and 2012–present: Kanagawa 18th district) in the

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(national legislature). He served as Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization under the cabinet of Prime Minister

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from October 2021 to October 2022.

Career

A native of

Kamakura, Kanagawa is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Kamak ...

, Yamagiwa graduated from

Yamaguchi University is a national university in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It has campuses at the cities of Yamaguchi and Ube. History The root of the university was , a private school founded by Ueda Hōyō (, 1769–1853) in 1815. In 1863 the school became ...

and received a

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in veterinary medicine from the

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. After working as a veterinarian, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. Within the LDP, Yamagiwa has served as Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and as a member of the Committee on Cabinet. On 10 August 2022, seven ministers were purged because of ties to the

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following the

assassination of Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan and a serving member of the House of Representatives, was assassinated on 8 July 2022 while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Whil ...

and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church. The Kishida administration had asked ministers to disclose any connections to the church prior to reshuffling the second cabinet. After the new cabinet was formed Yamagiwa announced that he had previously paid membership fees and attended a Unification Church event. He resigned from his cabinet position on 24 October 2022, expressing regret for his actions and stating that he will remain as a member of the Diet because he did not do anything illegal.

Positions

Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group. Yamagiwa gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:Mainichi 2012
senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A14018002002
/ref> *in favor of the revision of the Constitution *in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) *in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) *in favor of reactivating nuclear power plants *against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s *in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa) *in favor of a strong attitude versus China *in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage *should start considering a nuclear-armed Japan *no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the

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References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamagiwa, Daishiro Living people People from Kamakura 1968 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 21st-century Japanese politicians Government ministers of Japan