is a Japanese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Matsumoto served as a vice minister for the

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between August 2017 and January 2018. He resigned from his post after recorded in the Diet mocking the gravity of US military helicopter accidents in Okinawa.

Overviews

A native of

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and graduate of

Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...

, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1985. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005. His profile on the LDP website: *Former member of the Metropolitan Assembly *Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration *Member, Special Committee on Disasters *Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Positions

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Matsumoto, who is affiliated to

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, attended a party organized by the Tokyo branch of the openly revisionist lobby to celebrate the Shinzō Abe cabinet, where the Imperial

Rising Sun Flag The is a Japanese flag that consists of a red disc and sixteen red rays emanating from the disc. Like the Japanese national flag, the Rising Sun Flag symbolizes the sun. The flag was originally used by feudal warlords in Japan during the Ed ...

was flown, the " Kimigayo" sung, and the pledge to "break away from the post-war regime" renewed. Matsumoto 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=A13007005005
/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 the reactivation of nuclear plants *against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s *in favor of the

relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Over the last five decades there have been various plans for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, a United States Marine Corps base located within the urban area of Ginowan City (pop. 93,661) in Okinawa, Japan. Local opposition w ...

(Okinawa) *in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government *in favor of a strong attitude versus China *against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage *against the participation of Japan to the

Trans-Pacific Partnership The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, was a highly contested proposed trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim economies, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singa ...

*against a nuclear-armed Japan

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Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsumoto, Fumiaki 1949 births Living people Politicians from Hiroshima Prefecture Members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Koizumi Children Members of Nippon Kaigi Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Meiji University alumni