• Source: Koichi Yamamoto

      • Koichi Yamamoto (山本 公一, Yamamoto Kōichi, September 4, 1947 – October 31, 2023) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).


      Background and profile


      A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, Yamamoto was the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives.
      Yamamoto was elected to his one term in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.
      His profile on the LDP website:

      Member, Ehime Prefectural Assembly
      Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment(Hashimoto Cabinet)
      Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications(Koizumi Cabinet)
      Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP
      Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division of LDP
      Chairman, Fundamental National Policies Committee of Diet
      Koichi Yamamoto died on October 31, 2023, at the age of 76.


      Positions


      Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Yamamoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:

      in favor of the revision of the Constitution
      in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
      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)
      in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
      in favor of an attitude avoiding conflict with China
      against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
      against a nuclear-armed Japan
      no answer regarding the reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)
      no answer regarding the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage


      References



      政治家情報 〜山本 公一〜. senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.


      External links


      Official website Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine in Japanese.

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