Takeo Hiranuma
| Takeo Hiranuma | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
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| Born | 3 August 1939 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Sunrise Party of Japan |
| Alma mater | Keio University |
| Website | http://www.hiranuma.org/ |
Takeo Hiranuma (平沼 赳夫 Hiranuma Takeo, born 3 August 1939 in Shinjuku, Tokyo) is a Japanese politician. He advocates historical revisionism regarding the Nanking Massacre.
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[edit] Basic biography
Takeo Hiranuma was adopted by his mother's grandfather's younger brother, Kiichirō Hiranuma, with his father and mother (all family together). Kiichirō Hiranuma was Prime Minister of Japan until 30 August 1939, and, had no wife nor biological children.
Hiranuma attended Keio University and worked in the private sector for eleven years until moving to served as an aide for Ichiro Nakagawa and Eisaku Satō. He then ran for a seat in the House of Representatives twice and failed, until he was finally elected in 1980 as a member of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.
[edit] Political career
Hiranuma served as Vice Minister for the Ministry of Finance in 1987 and Minister of Transport in 1995.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed him as Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry in 2001, but fired him when in August 2005 when Hiranuma refused to support the Prime Minister's plans to privatize Japan Post. He was not endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party in the 11 September 2005 election, but he was nonetheless reelected.
On April 10, 2010, he and several other politicians established a new political party, the Sunrise Party of Japan.
[edit] Controversial statements
On February 1, 2006, he invoked controversy by arguing against the proposed imperial reform bill on the grounds that Princess Aiko could potentially marry and have children with a "blue-eyed foreigner" in the future.[1] [2]
During a speech on January 17, 2009 in the city of Okayama, Hiranuma criticized diet member Renhou Murata's support of budget cuts to Japan's supercomputer program by insinuating that she may not have Japan's best interests at heart because she is a naturalized Japanese. [3]
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[edit] External links
- www.hiranuma.org - Official Website
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