Seishirō Etō Explained

Seishirō Etō
Native Name Lang:ja
Office:Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan
Term Start:16 September 2009
Term End:16 November 2012
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:Takahiro Yokomichi
Predecessor:Takahiro Yokomichi
Successor:Hirotaka Akamatsu
Office1:Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
Primeminister1:Tomiichi Murayama
Term Start1:8 August 1995
Term End1:11 January 1996
Predecessor1:Tokuichiro Tamazawa
Successor1:Hideo Usui
Office2:Member of the House of Representatives
Term Start2:18 December 1983
Office3:Member of Councillors
Term Start3:July 1977
Term End3:18 December 1983
Office4:Mayor of Kusu Town
Term Start4:April 1971
Term End4:July 1977[1]
Birth Date:29 April 1941
Birth Place:Koshin,Zenranan-dō,Japanese Korea (now Gangjin, South Jeolla, South Korea
Party:Liberal Democratic Party

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He is affiliated with the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.[2] [3]

Career

A native of Kusu District, Ōita, he attended Waseda University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected: in 1971 as the Mayor of the town of Kusu, Ōita, elected in 1977 to the House of Councilors and elected in 1983 to the House of Representatives for his inaugural term; Eto has been returned to office eight times for the 2nd District for Oita Prefecture. In 1995, he was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency and in 2001, he was Senior Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2002, he was elected as a head of the LDP's Oita Prefecture chapter and in 2009, he was elected as Vice-Speaker for the House of Representatives.

Etō was a leader in the movement to make Mountain Day a national holiday.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.seishiro.jp/profile/ryakureki_yakusyoku.html Etō's Website
  2. "日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。
  3. "日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。
  4. News: Warnock. Eleanor. Eric Pfanner . Lawmaker Discusses Significance of Mountain Day - Japan Real Time. Wall Street Journal. 2014-05-25. 2014-05-22.
  5. Web site: National Assembly of Armenia. parliament.am.
  6. http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/nieuws/nieuwsberichten/2014/oktober/decoraties-staatsbezoeken-japan-en-republiek-korea/ Decoraties Staatsbezoeken Japan en Republiek Korea
  7. Web site: 172 people, including Mehwish Hayat, Wasim Akram, conferred national awards. Samaa TV.