Nobuteru Ishihara

Noboteru Ishihara
石原 伸晃
Nobuteru Ishihara speaking in Saitama Prefecture (2010)
Minister of Environment
In office December 26, 2012 – September 3, 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzō Abe
Preceded by	Hiroyuki Nagahama
Succeeded by	Yoshio Mochizuki
Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office January 28, 2016
Preceded by	Akira Amari
Personal details
Born	19 April 1957 Zuchi, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Keio University

Nobuteru Ishihara (石原 伸晃 Ishihara Nobuteru, born April 19, 1957) is a Japanese politician and since 2010, has been the Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party

He was born in Zushi, Kanagawa, the son of author and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara. He attended Keio Gijuku High School and graduated from the literature faculty of Keio University in 1981. After university, he worked as a political reporter for Nippon Television, covering the Finance and Foreign Ministries and the Prime Minister.

In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives as representative for the Fourth District of Tokyo under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. He was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1996. Under Junichiro Koizumi's first Cabinet in 2001, he became Minister of State for Administrative and Regulatory Reform. He served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from 2003 to 2004, and is currently chairman of the Highways Committee of the LDP Policy Affairs Research Council.

Following Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's resignation, Ishihara stood as a candidate for the LDP presidency. In the leadership election, held on September 22, 2008, Taro Aso won with 351 of the 527 votes; Ishihara placed fourth with 37 votes.^[1]

Ishihara was named as a potential LDP candidate for the 2014 gubernatorial election in Tokyo, but along with fellow LDP legislators Yuriko Koike, Tamayo Marukawa and Satsuki Katayama, performed poorly in a December 2013 poll against Yoichi Masuzoe and Hideo Higashikokubaru.^[2][3]

References

1. "Aso elected LDP head", The Yomiuri Shimbun, 22 September 2008.
2. "都知事選「勝てる候補」は？　自民、７氏選び世論調査". 日本経済新聞. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
3. "東国原氏、舛添氏が人気　自民調査". 日刊スポーツ. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013. ２３日まで有権者の意向を探る世論調査を行った結果、国会議員に対する支持は低く、党内に擁立論がある舛添要一元厚労相（６５）や、党が出馬を警戒する東国原英夫前衆院議員（５６）が、一定の支持を集めたことが分かった。