Nobuo Kishi
Nobuo Kishi (岸 信夫 Kishi Nobuo, born April 1, 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
A political dynasty
Nobuo Kishi is the brother, son, grandson, and grandnephew of Prime Ministers:
- Shinzō Abe is his brother, but Kishi ignored that when he was a kid
- Shintaro Abe is his father (Nobuo is the third son, the other one being Hironobu Abe, who works at Mitsubishi Corporation)
- Nobusuke Kishi was his grandfather: during WWII, he served as Minister of Munition and was called Shōwa no yōkai (昭和の妖怪 or "the Shōwa era monster"). Nobusuke Kishi was jailed as a "Class A" war crimes suspect, but never tried.
- Eisaku Satō, Nobusuke's brother, also became a Prime Minister.
Note that Nobuo Kishi's other grandfather, Hiroshi Abe, was also a politician. His maternal uncle (Nobusuke Kishi's eldest son) Shinwa Kishi was chairman of Seibu Oil.
His surname is Kishi rather than Abe as he was adopted into his maternal grandparents' family.[1]
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Career
A native of Tokyo, Kishi joined Sumitomo Corporation after graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in 1981. He left the company in 2002, after working in the United States, Vietnam, Australia...
Kishi was elected for the first time in 2004, and served as Parliamentary Secretary for Defense (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet), Vice Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors, Vice Chairman, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters of LDP, Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems of Diet.[2]
Positions
Like his brother Shinzō, Nobuo Kishi is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[3] and a member of the following right-wing groups at the Diet:
- Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)
- Conference of parlementarians 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
- Japan Rebirth (創生「日本」- Sosei Nippon)
Kishi gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2012:[4]
- in favor of the revision of the Constitution
- in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
- against 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)
- against the evaluation of the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
- in favor of a strong attitude versus China
- against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- in favor of considering a nuclear-armed Japan in the future
- against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
References
- ↑ Cultural attitudes spell few adoptions December 30, 2006 Retrieved February 21, 2015
- ↑ Profile of Kishi Nobuo on LDP website: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114678.html (retrieved Dec 2, 2014)
- ↑ Nippon Kaigi website
- ↑ Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A35002003003
- 政治家情報 〜岸 信夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-11-10. External link in
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External links
- Official website in Japanese.
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Councillor for Yamaguchi's At-large district 2004 – present |
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