Tomohiro Yamamoto | |
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山本 朋広 | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 16 December 2012 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Constituency | Southern Kanto PR |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Kinki PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1975 Sakyō, Kyoto, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Kansai University Kyoto University |
Tomohiro Yamamoto (山本 朋広, Yamamoto Tomohiro; born June 20, 1975) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Career
[edit]A native of Kyoto, Kyoto, Yamamoto attended Kansai University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Kyoto University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
His profile on the LDP website:[1]
- Director, Committee on security
- Director, Delibative Council on Political Ethics
- Member, Committee on Fundamental National Politics
On August 4 2022 it was reported that Yamamoto previously attended a Unification Church event where he had presented Hak Ja Han Moon with carnations, calling her "Mother Moon."[2] This attracted controversy as part of wider media coverage on the Unification Church's connections with the LDP following the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
Revisionism on Comfort women issues
[edit]Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[3] Yamamoto was among the LDP members of the Diet who signed 'THE FACTS', an advertising published in 2007 in the Washington Post seeking a full withdrawal of the United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121 on Imperial Japan sexual slavery system ('Comfort women').[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Profile of Yamamoto Tomohiro on the LDP website: YAMAMOTO Tomohiro
- ^ 「マザームーン」発言や教団との関係、回答せず 自民・山本朋広氏 [LDP's Tomohiro Yamamoto refuses to answer questions about "Mother Moon" remarks or ties to cult]. Yahoo News (in Japanese). 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-16.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Nippon Kaigi website[full citation needed]
- ^ Ad in Washington Post - Jun 14, 2007 - see File:The_Facts_about_the_Comfort_Women.jpg[dead link]
- 政治家情報 〜山本 朋広〜 [Politician Information ~Tomohiro Yamamoto~] (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
External links
[edit]- Official website in Japanese.