is a

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of the Komeito Party, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

and graduate of the

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with the

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degree in 1981, he worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1981 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. He was appointed to be the

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by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 7 October 2015. He was replaced as minister on 11 September 2020 and was subsequently appointed as Secretary-General of

Komeito , formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a conservative political party in Japan founded by lay members of the Buddhist Japanese new religious movement Soka Gakkai in 1964. Since 2012, it has served in government as the junior coalitio ...

Policy

*He agreed to amend the constitution of japan. *It is not necessary to review the constitutional interpretation of the cabinet legislation bureau, which prohibits the exercise of the right to collective self-defense. *It agreed to restart nuclear power plants that met the new standards of the nuclear regulatory commission. *Japan opposes its participation in the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP). *It agreed to the establishment of the women's imperial family. *Opposes the prime minister's visit to

Yasukuni Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Empire of Japan, Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, First Sino-Japane ...

. *He opposes the review of the murayama and kono discourses. *It agrees with the act on the protection of specified secrets.

News Report

On august 17, 2021, it was reported that five people, including

Toshihiro Nikai is a Japanese politician for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the leader of the LDP Shisuikai faction (informally called the Nikai faction), who served as the Secretary-General of the LDP from 2016 to 2021. He was previously the Minister ...

(secretary general of the liberal democratic party), had a dinner at a japanese

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tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

(the government is seeking a dinner for no more than four people). yosuke takagi, chairman of the diet affairs committee (new komeito), told reporters, "it's not a dinner, we had lunch at 'silent food' ." at a press conference on august 20, ishii explained, "i'm very sorry," "everyone vaccinated twice, took infection prevention measures, and said, 'I was alert where i thought it would be okay."

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* in Japanese. 1958 births Living people People from Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) New Komeito politicians Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub