Daishiro Yamagiwa

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 in the Diet (national legislature).

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.[1]

Positions

Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group.

Yamagiwa gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2012:[3]

References

  1. Profile on LDP website: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/121059.html (retrieved Nov 25, 2014)
  2. Nippon Kaigi website
  3. Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A14018002002

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