is a Japanese politician who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister

Shinzō Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...

until August 2007. __FORCETOC__

Early career

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Born in

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, he was an AFS exchange student in high school, graduated with a liberal arts degree from the

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and attended the

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. He spent three years working at the Economic Planning Agency (of which his father, Jun Shiozaki, was then director) and at the Bank of Japan. He then worked as a secretary to his father.

National Diet

Following his father's resignation, he ran for the

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in 1993 and was elected to represent the first district of

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. He served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 2005 cabinet of

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and was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary on September 26, 2006, and held the position until a cabinet shuffle at the end of August 2007. His appointment as Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in the second Abe administration was announced on September 3, 2014. Shiozaki's profile on the LDP website: *Bank of Japan *Parliamentary Vice－Minister of Finance (Hashimoto Cabinet) *Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs (Koizumi Cabinet) *Chief Cabinet Secretary (Abe Cabinet) *Minister of State for Abduction issue (AbeCabinet) *Acting Chairman, Policy Research Council

Political positions

Like most member of Shinzo Abe's Cabinet, Shiozaki is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

. He also is a member of the following right-wing group at the Diet: *Japan Rebirth (創生「日本」 ''Sōsei Nippon'') *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 Shiozaki gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012: *no answer regarding the revision of the Constitution *in favor of the right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) *no answer regarding the 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) *in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government *in favor of a strong attitude versus China *no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the

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*no answer regarding a nuclear-armed Japan *no answer regarding the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage On October 17, 2014, Shiozaki sent an offering (masakaki'') to the

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shrine.

Honours

In July 2022, he was awarded as Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to UK/Japan relations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shiozaki, Yasuhisa Living people 1950 births Harvard Kennedy School alumni University of Tokyo alumni People from Matsuyama, Ehime Economic planning ministers of Japan Government ministers of Japan Members of Nippon Kaigi Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians Honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire