is a Japanese
politician
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of the
Democratic Party for the People
The , abbreviated to DPP or DPFP, is a centre to centre-right political party in Japan. The party was formed on 7 May 2018 from the merger of the Democratic Party and Kibō no Tō (''Party of Hope'').
In September 2020 a majority of the part ...
and a member of the
House of Representatives in the
Diet (national legislature).
Career
A native of
Saga, Saga and graduate of the
University of Tokyo, he was elected to the assembly of
Saga Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of 809,248 (1 August 2020) and has a geographic area of 2,440 km2 (942 sq mi). Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagas ...
(District #1) for the first time in 1987 as a member of the
Liberal Democratic Party, serving there for two times. In 1996 he was elected to the House of Representatives from
Saga's 1st district for the first time as a member of the
New Frontier Party (Shinshinto) after running unsuccessfully in 1993 as an independent. He switched to the DPJ in 1998. He was Minister of Internal Affairs from 2009 to 2010, in
Yukio Hatoyama
is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1986, Hat ...
and
Naoto Kan
is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) from June 2010 to September 2011. Kan was the first Prime Minister since the resignation of Junichiro Koizumi in 2006 to serve for m ...
's Cabinets.
Haraguchi studied Psychology at the
University of Tokyo and attended the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. He often appears on television in which he discusses tax, pension, and decentralization issues.
In the
2012 general election Haraguchi lost his
single-seat electorate but retained a seat in the diet through the proportional representation system. He regained his seat in the
2014 election.
Positions
Haraguchi is affiliated to the openly
revisionist lobby
, and a member of the association of parliamentarians promoting visits to the controversial
Yasukuni shrine"
Haraguchi 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=A41001001001
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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 zero nuclear power by 2030s
*in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa)
*in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
*against 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, Pe ...
*against a nuclear-armed Japan
References
External links
Official website
in Japanese.
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1959 births
Living people
Government ministers of Japan
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan)
Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan
New Frontier Party (Japan) politicians
20th-century Japanese politicians
Members of Nippon Kaigi
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Democratic Party of Japan politicians
21st-century Japanese politicians