Daishiro Yamagiwa

Daishiro Yamagiwa (山際 大志郎, Yamagiwa Daishirō, born September 12, 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Career[]

A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Yamagiwa graduated from Yamaguchi University and received a Ph.D in veterinary medicine from the University of Tokyo. After working as a veterinarian, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

Within the LDP, Yamagiwa has served as Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and as a member of the Committee on Cabinet.^[1]

Positions[]

Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,^[2] and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group.

Yamagiwa gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:^[3]

• in favor of the revision of the Constitution
• in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
• in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)
• 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 a strong attitude versus China
• in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
• should start considering a nuclear-armed Japan
• no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership

References[]

• 政治家情報 〜山際 大志郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-16. External link in |work= (help)

External links[]

• Official website in Japanese.