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 ...
who served as
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council (Japan), National Security Council, and ...
from October 2021 to August 2022. He is serving in the
House of Representatives
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as a member of the
Liberal Democratic Party.
Career
A native of
Kuma District, Kumamoto
is a district located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
In 2003 the district had an estimated population of 64,552 and a density of 48.64 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 1,327.16 km2.
History
Economy
Kuma District is noted fo ...
and graduate of
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the ''Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō'' by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.
The university has numerou ...
, Kaneko was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent. He later joined the LDP.
His profile on the LDP website:
*Secretary to a Diet Member
*Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (
Koizumi Cabinet)
*Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (
Fukuda and
Aso Cabinet)
*Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council of LDP
*Director, Youth Division of LDP
*Chairman, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Positions
Kaneko is affiliated to the openly
revisionist lobby
, and a member of the following
right-wing
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...
groups at the Diet:
*Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)
*Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League, Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai
*Conference to consider the true human rights (真の人権擁護を考える懇談会)
*Conference of young parliamentarians supporting the idea that the
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 Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 resp ...
is a true national interest and desire for peace (平和を願い真の国益を考え靖国神社参拝を支持する若手国会議員の会)
Kaneko 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=A43005003003
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*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 reactivating nuclear power plants
*against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s
*in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa)
*no answer regarding the evaluation of the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
*in favor of an effort to avoid conflict with China
*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
*against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
References
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External links
Official website
in Japanese.
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Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Waseda University alumni
Politicians from Kumamoto Prefecture
Living people
Members of Nippon Kaigi
1961 births
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians
Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan