Hideo Ōnishi
Hideo Ōnishi (大西英男, Ōnishi Hideo, born August 28, 1946) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives, representing the Tokyo 16th district. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Onishi was born in Edogawa, Tokyo. He graduated from Kokugakuin University and worked as an assistant to Diet members Takashi Fukaya and Ichiro Shimamura before entering politics in 1975 as a member of the Edogawa city assembly. He served as chairman of the assembly from 1984 to 1993, and then in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly from 1993 to 2007. He was a proportional representation candidate in the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007 but failed to win a seat. He remained active within the LDP's administrative ranks and was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2012 general election.
News
He was in the news for making the controversial suggestion that business entities should reduce advertising in news organizations that do not support the Abe government`s attempt to sidestep the Japan Constitution`s restriction on collective self-defense, the government`s denial of the conscription of `comfort women` during WW2, and the possibility of resumption of conscription of military personnel.
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