Tōru Doi

Tōru Doi
Tōru Doi
土井亨
	Doi in 2015
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 19 December 2012 – 9 October 2024
Preceded by	Kazuko Kōri
Succeeded by	Akiko Okamoto
Constituency	Miyagi 1st
	In office; 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Azuma Konno
Succeeded by	Kazuko Kōri
Constituency	Miyagi 1st
Member of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly
	In office; 1993–2003
Constituency	Sendai City Wakabayashi Ward
Personal details
Born	12 August 1958 (age 66); Tomiya, Miyagi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Tohoku Gakuin University

Tōru Doi (土井亨, Doi Tōru, born 1958) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He has served as State Minister of Reconstruction (Third Abe Cabinet (Third Reshuffle) and Fourth Abe Cabinet), State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Third Abe Cabinet (First Reshuffle)), Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Second Abe Cabinet), Chairman of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Committee, and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Finance and Banking Committee.

Career

A native of Kurokawa District, Miyagi,^[1] Doi graduated the Tohoku Gakuin University School of Law in 1981.

After having served in the local assembly of Miyagi Prefecture (won in 1993, 1995, 1999, lost in 2003), Doi was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.

Positions

Revisionism

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, that advocates a restoration of monarchy, and State Shinto in Japan, Doi often follows their agenda:

he was among the 86 parliamentarians attending their March 7, 2006 meeting to promote the Imperial tradition^[2]
he was among the lawmakers who signed 'THE FACTS', an ad published in The Washington Post on June 14, 2007, in order to protest against United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121, and to deny the existence of sexual slavery for the Imperial military ('Comfort women').^[3]
he is in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement and Kono Statement
he is in favor of visits by a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
he is in favor of the revision of Article 9
he is a member of the following right-wing Diet groups:
- Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会 - Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League
- Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)

Answers to Mainichi polls

Doi gave the following answers to the questionnaires submitted by Mainichi to candidates in 2012 and 2014:

In 2012

His answers were:^[4]

in favor of the revision of the Constitution
in favor of the right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
in favor of the reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)
no answer regarding the reactivation of 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 a strong attitude versus China
against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
against a nuclear-armed Japan
in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage

In 2014

His answers were:^[5]

in favor of the revision of the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
in favor of the right of collective self-defense
no answer regarding nuclear plants
no problem for visits of a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement
in favor of the revision of the Kono Statement
no answer regarding laws preventing hate speech
no answer regarding question whether Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is a burden for Okinawa
in favor of the Special Secrecy Law
in favor of teaching 'morality' in school

References

政治家情報〜土井亨〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-07.

^ NB: The source says that he is originally from 宮城黒川, but it probably meant 黒川郡, for there is no city or town that is named 黒川 in Miyagi Prefecture.
^ Nippon Kaigi website: nipponkaigi.org/activity/archives/997
^ [File:The_Facts_about_the_Comfort_Women.jpg]
^ Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A04001001001
^ Mainichi 2014: senkyo.mainichi.jp/47shu/meikan.html?mid=A04001001001

External links

Official website in Japanese.

[1] NB: The source says that he is originally from 宮城黒川, but it probably meant 黒川郡, for there is no city or town that is named 黒川 in Miyagi Prefecture.

[2] Nippon Kaigi website: nipponkaigi.org/activity/archives/997

[3] [File:The_Facts_about_the_Comfort_Women.jpg]

[4] Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A04001001001

[5] Mainichi 2014: senkyo.mainichi.jp/47shu/meikan.html?mid=A04001001001

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