Takashi Ōtsuka Explained

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka and graduate of Otemon Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.^{[1] [2]}

On January 18, 2021, 10 days after the declaration of state emergency due to COVID-19,^[3] Ōtsuka was spotted violating lockdown rules by visiting a restaurant and two hostess bars at night.^[4] After an attempted cover-up, he was eventually led to resign from his Diet post, but remained as a lawmaker.^[5]

LDP Profile

• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
• Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office
• Member, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HR
• Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs, HR
• Deputy Chairperson, Diet Affairs Committee, LDP
• Deputy Director, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Division, LDP
• Chief Secretary, Japan-Bulgaria Parliamentary Friendship Association

See also

• Koizumi Children

References

• Web site: http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000199.html . ja:政治家情報 〜大塚 高司〜 . ザ･選挙 . . 2007-10-20 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071203094930/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000199.html . 2007-12-03 .
• Profile on LDP website: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/121003.html

External links

• Official website in Japanese.

Notes and References

1. "日本会議の全貌——知られざる巨大組織の実態" Yoshifumi Tawara、2016/06/17。
2. "日本会議と神社本庁" ("Japan Conference and the Association of Shinto shrines") Muneo Narusawa 2016/06/28。
3. Web site: 新型コロナウイルス感染症に関する知事メッセージ（1月8日）｜東京都.
4. Web site: Komeito lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency. February 2021.
5. Web site: Komeito lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency. February 2021.