is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Background and profile

A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

, Yamamoto is the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives. Yamamoto was elected to his one term in the assembly of

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. His profile on the LDP website: *Member, Ehime Prefectural Assembly *Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment(Hashimoto Cabinet) *Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications(Koizumi Cabinet) *Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP *Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division of LDP *Chairman, Fundamental National Policies Committee of Diet

Positions

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Yamamoto 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=A38004003003
/ref> *in favor of the revision of the Constitution *in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) *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 Over the last five decades there have been various plans for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, a United States Marine Corps base located within the urban area of Ginowan City (pop. 93,661) in Okinawa, Japan. Local opposition w ...

(Okinawa) *in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government *in favor of an attitude avoiding conflict with China *against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership *against a nuclear-armed Japan *no answer regarding the reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) *no answer regarding the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage

References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamamoto, Koichi Living people 1947 births People from Uwajima, Ehime Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 21st-century Japanese politicians Environment ministers of Japan