was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Background and profile
A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, Yamamoto was the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives.
Yamamoto was elected to his one term in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.
His profile on the LDP website: Member, Ehime Prefectural Assembly Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment(Hashimoto Cabinet) Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications(Koizumi Cabinet) Deputy Chairman, General Council of LDP Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division of LDP Chairman, Fundamental National Policies Committee of Diet
Koichi Yamamoto died on October 31, 2023, at the age of 76.
Positions
Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Yamamoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012: in favor of the revision of the Constitution in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) 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 evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government in favor of an attitude avoiding conflict with China against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership against a nuclear-armed Japan no answer regarding the reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) no answer regarding the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
References
External links
Official website in Japanese.
1947 births
2023 deaths
People from Uwajima, Ehime
Members of Nippon Kaigi
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians
Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 21st-century Japanese politicians Environment ministers of Japan Keio University alumni Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun