is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Setagaya, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Sanwa Bank, (now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) from 1996 to 2003. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.
| Yohei Matsumoto | |
| Native Name: | 松本 洋平 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | December 19, 2012 |
| Constituency: | Tokyo 19th district Tokyo PR block |
| Term Start1: | September 11, 2005 |
| Term End1: | July 21, 2009 |
| Predecessor1: | Yoshinori Suematsu |
| Successor1: | Yoshinori Suematsu |
| Constituency1: | Tokyo 19th district |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Keio University |
| Website: | http://www012.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yohei/index.html |
He was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanjing Massacre ever occurred.[1]