Takashi Fukaya
Takashi Fukaya (深谷 隆司 Fukaya Takashi, born 29 September 1935) is a Japanese LDP-politician.
Takashi was born in the Asakusa area of Taitō, Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000, serving as postal minister in 1990 under Toshiki Kaifu, and as Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1996 under Tomiichi Murayama. He served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) from 1999 to 2000 under Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori, but lost his Tokyo 2nd district seat to Yoshikatsu Nakayama in the 2000 general election, forcing his resignation as a cabinet minister.
He returned to the House in the 2005 election, and served there until announcing his retirement by failing to run in the 2012 election.
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| Preceded by Kaoru Yosano |
Minister of International Trade and Industry 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Takeo Hiranuma |
| Preceded by Hiromu Nonaka |
Minister of Home Affairs Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 1995–1996 |
Succeeded by Hiroyuki Kurata |
| Preceded by Senpachi Ōishi |
Minister of Post and Telecommunications 1990 |
Succeeded by Katsutsugu Sekiya |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Yoshirō Mori |
Chairman of the LDP General Affairs Committee 1998–1999 |
Succeeded by Yukihiko Ikeda |
| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
| Preceded by Yoshikatsu Nakayama |
Representative for Tokyo 2nd district 2005–2009 |
Succeeded by Yoshikatsu Nakayama |
| Preceded by MMC |
Representative for Tokyo 8th district (multi-member) 1972–1976 1979–1996 Served alongside: Mitsuhiro Kaneko, Hisanori Yamada, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Kunio Hatoyama |
District eliminated |
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