Naokazu Takemoto

Naokazu Takemoto, captured during "Currency Volatility: Balancing Flexibility and Stability" at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 13, 2011

Naokazu Takemoto (竹本 直一 Takemoto Naokazu, born November 23, 1940) is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Career

A native of Minamikawachi District, Osaka and graduate of the University of Kyoto, Takemoto was elected for the first time in 1996. He started his career as a civil servant in the former National Land Agency (now Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). Since his election to the Diet he as also served as Parliamentary Secretary for Economy, Trade and Industry (Mori Cabinet), Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare (Koizumi Cabinet), and Senior Vice-Minister of Finance(Koizumi Cabinet).[1]

Positions

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[2] Takemoto is a member of the following right-wing groups in the Diet:

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

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