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 ...

from the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2008 to 2009, and a member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

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

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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

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

, 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

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawamura, Takeo 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