is a Japanese

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serving in the

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in the

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(national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Early life and education

Toida was born and raised in

Edogawa, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It takes its name from the Edo River that runs from north to south along the eastern edge of the ward. In English, it uses the name Edogawa City. The easternmost of the wards, it shares b ...

. He graduate with a degree from

Dokkyo University is a private university in Sōka, Saitama, Japan, which is a liberal, co-educational institution noted for its language education programs and international exchanges. The university was founded in 1964, its roots can be traced back as early as ...

Career

Toida was first elected in 1996.

Right-wing positions

He was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 film

The Truth about Nanjing is a 2007 film by Japanese nationalist filmmaker Satoru Mizushima about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre (Nanking Massacre). Background and funding Mizushima said he received more than 200 million yen (US$1.8 million) in donations from 5,000 of his ...

, which denied 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 ...

ever occurred.The Japan Time
NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007
Retrieved on August 21, 2012

References

External links

Official website
Living people 1951 births People from Edogawa, Tokyo Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Nanjing Massacre deniers 21st-century Japanese politicians Dokkyo University alumni {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub