is a Japanese

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of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the

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he joined the Ministry of Construction (which is now part of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) in 1974. Leaving the ministry in 1991 he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993. Nemoto was appointed as Minister for Reconstruction in the

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on 26 December 2012. Nemoto has served as the

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from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. As a member of a parliamentary committee responding to a petition advocating a law prohibiting businesses from forcing female workers to wear high-heeled shoes ( KuToo movement), he expressed that it was "necessary and reasonable" to mandate this for female workers.

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Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan 1951 births Living people Politicians from Fukushima Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1950s-stub

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