Keiji Furuya

Keiji Furuya
Keiji Furuya
古屋圭司
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 February 1990
Personal details
Born	1952
Alma mater	Seikei University

Keiji Furuya (古屋圭司, Furuya Keiji, born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.

Career

A native of Tokyo, who attended secondary schools in NY area, and graduate of Seikei University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,^[1] Keiji Furuya is also a member of the following groups at the Diet: Japan (Vice Chair), Textbooks, Shinto, Yasukuni, Fundamental Education Law Reform (Committee Chair), Nikkyoso, Constitutional Revision, Japan Rebirth (Delegate Chair), China Memorial Photographs Protest (Vice Chair), Proper Japan, Protest American Comfort Women Resolution, North Korea Kidnap Victims (Secretary General).^[2]

He is the head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council.^[3]

Political career

Dec. 2012	Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue Minister in charge of Building National Resilience Minister of State for Disaster Management (2nd Abe Cabinet) Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 46th general election (eighth term)
Oct. 2012	Served as Chairman, Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation, Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 2009	Served as President, Central Institute of Politics, Liberal Democratic Party
Aug. 2009	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 45th general election (seventh term)
Sep. 2008	Served as Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party
Aug. 2008	Served as Director, Interest Group Policy Division, Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 2007	Served as Deputy Chairman (Manager), Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
Sep. 2005	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 44th general election (sixth term)
Oct. 2004	Served as Acting Chairman, Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation, Liberal Democratic Party
Nov. 2003	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 43rd general election (fifth term) Served as Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 2002	Served as Chairman, Committee of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, House of Representatives
May 2001	Served as Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Dec. 2000	Served as Deputy Chairman (Manager), Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
Jul. 2000	Served as Chairman, Commerce and Industry Committee, House of Representatives
Jun. 2000	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 42nd general election (fourth term)
Oct. 1999	Served as member of the House Steering Committee, House of Representatives
Sep. 1998	Served as Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 1997	Served as senior member of Posts and Telecommunication Committee, House of Representatives
Nov. 1996	Served as Director, Posts and Telecommunication Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party
Oct. 1996	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 41st general election (third term)
Jan. 1996	Served as Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party
Aug. 1995	Served as Vice-Minister of Justice
Mar. 1995	Served as Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party
Jul. 1993	Reelected to the House of Representatives at the 40th general election (second term)
Feb. 1990	Won a House of Representatives seat at the 39th general election (first term)
Nov. 1984	Secretary to Minister of Home Affairs Toru FURUYA
Apr. 1984	Secretary to Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro ABE^[4]

References

^ Nippon Kaigi website
^ "The Abe Cabinet - An Ideological Breakdown" - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus - Jan 28, 2013
^ "Japan lawmaker seeks forum with US, Taiwan to restrain China". Mainichi Shimbun. October 9, 2020. Keiji Furuya, head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council, said that his council has been working to broker security cooperation between Japan, the United States and Taiwan, which calls itself the Republic of China.
^ https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/cabinetlist1/daijin/1206753_9741.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
政治家情報〜古屋圭司〜. www.senkyo.janjan.jp (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

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[1] Nippon Kaigi website

[2] "The Abe Cabinet - An Ideological Breakdown" - The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus - Jan 28, 2013

[3] "Japan lawmaker seeks forum with US, Taiwan to restrain China". Mainichi Shimbun. October 9, 2020. Keiji Furuya, head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council, said that his council has been working to broker security cooperation between Japan, the United States and Taiwan, which calls itself the Republic of China.

[4] ttps://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/cabinetlist1/daijin/1206753_9741.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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