is a Japanese
politician
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from the
Liberal Democratic Party, who served as
Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2008 to 2009, and a member of the
House of Representatives
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from 1990 to 2021, representing the
Yamaguchi 3rd district.
Political career
A native of
Hagi, Yamaguchi
is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, which was incorporated on July 1, 1932. As of May 31, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 50,179 and a population density of 71.80 of persons per km². The total area is 698.86 km² ...
and graduate of
Keio University, he worked at
Seibu Oil from 1967 to 1976. Kawamura then entered politics and served four terms in the
Yamaguchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 km2 (2,359 sq mi). Yamaguchi Prefecture borders Shimane Prefecture t ...
assembly from 1976, followed by his election to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.
Kawamura served for a time as Minister of Education, Science and Technology under Prime Minister
Junichiro Koizumi
Junichiro Koizumi (; , ''Koizumi Jun'ichirō'' ; born 8 January 1942) is a former Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is ...
. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister
Taro Aso
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, Kawamura was appointed as
Chief Cabinet Secretary on September 24, 2008. He also served as Minister of State for Abduction issues in the Aso Cabinet, and as Chairman of the LDP's Election Strategy Committee.
Historical revisionism
Affiliated to the openly
revisionist lobby
, Kawamura was part of the Committee on History and Screening formed in 1993 stating that Imperial forces only waged wars of liberation and self-defense, that the
Nanking Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre (, ja, 南京大虐殺, Nankin Daigyakusatsu) or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the ...
and the sexual slavery system known under the '
Comfort women' euphemism were fabrications, and that textbook revisions were needed.
["Nationalisms in Japan" p.139 - edited by Naoko Shimazu - Routledge 2006]
References
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External links
Official website in Japanese.
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1942 births
Living people
Members of Nippon Kaigi
Politicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Keio University alumni
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Government ministers of Japan
Nanjing Massacre deniers
Education ministers of Japan
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
Technology ministers of Japan
Science ministers of Japan