Daishiro Yamagiwa
山際 大志郎
Minister of Economic Revitalization
In office
10 August 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime MinisterFumio Kishida
Succeeded byShigeyuki Goto
Personal details
Born (1968-09-12) 12 September 1968
Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic

Daishiro Yamagiwa (山際 大志郎, Yamagiwa Daishirō, born September 12, 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives (2003–2005: Southern Kanto proportional representation block, 2005–2009 and 2012–present: Kanagawa 18th district) in the Diet (national legislature). He served as Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization under the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from October 2021 to October 2022.[1]

Career

A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Yamagiwa graduated from Yamaguchi University and received a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine from the University of Tokyo. After working as a veterinarian, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

Within the LDP, Yamagiwa has served as Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and as a member of the Committee on Cabinet.[2]

On 10 August 2022, seven ministers were purged because of ties to the Unification Church following the assassination of Shinzo Abe and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church.[3][4] The Kishida administration had asked ministers to disclose any connections to the church prior to reshuffling the second cabinet. After the new cabinet was formed Yamagiwa announced that he had previously paid membership fees and attended a Unification Church event.[5] He resigned from his cabinet position on 24 October 2022, expressing regret for his actions and stating that he will remain as a member of the Diet because he did not do anything illegal.[1]

Positions

Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[6] and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group.

Yamagiwa gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:[7]

  • 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 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 a strong attitude versus China
  • in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
  • should start considering a nuclear-armed Japan
  • no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership

References

  1. 1 2 "Japanese economic minister steps down over church links". Reuters. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Profile on LDP website: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/121059.html (retrieved Nov 25, 2014)
  3. ↑ "Japan's leader names new Cabinet to distance his administration from Unification Church". Los Angeles Times. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  4. ↑ "旧統一教会と関係認めた7人は外れる 第2次岸田改造内閣10日発足". Yahoo News (in Japanese). 2022-08-09. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  5. ↑ "旧統一教会と自身の関係「首相は認識」＝山際再生相". Reuters (in Japanese). 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  6. ↑ Nippon Kaigi website
  7. ↑ Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A14018002002
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