Fumiaki Matsumoto

Fumiaki Matsumoto
Fumiaki Matsumoto
松本文明
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 21, 2012
Constituency	Tokyo PR
	In office; September 12, 2005 – July 21, 2009
Preceded by	Akira Nagatsuma
Succeeded by	Akira Nagatsuma
Constituency	Tokyo-7th
Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
	In office; July 8, 1985 – 2001
Personal details
Born	March 25, 1949 (age 75); Kōzan, Sera, Hiroshima
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Meiji University

Fumiaki Matsumoto (松本文明, Matsumoto Fumiaki, born March 25, 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Matsumoto served as a vice minister for the Cabinet Office between August 2017 and January 2018. He resigned from his post after being recorded in the Diet mocking the gravity of US military helicopter accidents in Okinawa.^[1]

Overviews

A native of Sera District, Hiroshima and a graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1985. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005.

His profile on the LDP website:^[2]

Former member of the Metropolitan Assembly
Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration
Member, Special Committee on Disasters
Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Positions

Matsumoto, who is affiliated with Nippon Kaigi, attended a party organized by the Tokyo branch of the openly revisionist lobby to celebrate the Shinzō Abe cabinet, where the Imperial Rising Sun Flag was flown, the "Kimigayo" sung, and the pledge to "break away from the post-war regime" renewed.^[3]

Matsumoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:^[4]

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 the reactivation of nuclear 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
against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
against a nuclear-armed Japan

References

^ "Okinawa gaffe costs deputy minister his job before key poll". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^ jimin.jp/english/profile/members/120956.html Archived 2014-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved Nov 24, 2014)
^ Nippon Kaigi website - 2013: nipponkaigi.jp/archives/391 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A13007005005

Sources

政治家情報〜松本文明〜. JANJAN ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2007-10-14.

External links

Official website^{[permanent dead link‍]} in Japanese.

[1] "Okinawa gaffe costs deputy minister his job before key poll". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[2] .jp/english/profile/members/120956.html Archived 2014-12-03 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved Nov 24, 2014)

[3] Nippon Kaigi website - 2013: nipponkaigi.jp/archives/391 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A13007005005

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