was a Japanese politician of the

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, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...

and graduate of

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, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as a member of the

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. He followed in the steps of his grandfather

Jiichirō Matsumoto ( – ) was a Japanese politician, businessman, and leader of the Burakumin liberation movement. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Matsumoto led the ''Burakumin'' liberation movement during its activity, earning himself the title "Father of the Buraku ...

and father in command of the Buraku Liberation League. He was vice-chairman Buraku Liberation League when he suppression of free speech. Ryū Matsumoto

He resigned from the post of the Minister of Reconstruction and vice-chairman of the Buraku Liberation League after making harsh and abrasive criticism of the two governors from the area affected by the

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as well as threatening to ruin the career of any journalists who reported his remarks. He later apologised and then blamed his behaviour on his Fukuoka background and also on his B-blood type, a popular superstition in Japan. He criticized Matsumoto's intimidation that "Your company is over if you publicize my remarks" as the essence of the liberation alliance. He died of

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on July 21, 2018 at the age of 67.松本龍さん６７歳＝元民主党衆院議員、元復興担当相
Mainichi Shimbun.

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