is a Japanese

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of the

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, serving as a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). He served as Minister in charge of Economic Revitalization under the cabinet of Prime Minister

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from October 2021 to October 2022.

Career

A native of

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, Yamagiwa graduated from

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and received a Ph.D. in veterinary medicine from the

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. After working as a veterinarian, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. Within the LDP, Yamagiwa has served as Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and as a member of the Committee on Cabinet. In his early years in parliament, much of his work related to trade relations with other countries, notably in Africa, East Asia, and Islands in the Southern Ocean. On 10 August 2022, seven ministers were purged because of ties to the

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following the

assassination of Shinzo Abe On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister of Japan and serving member of the Japanese House of Representatives, was assassinated while speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Abe wa ...

and increasing media scrutiny of LDP officials' close ties with the church. The Kishida administration had asked ministers to disclose any connections to the church prior to reshuffling the second cabinet. Because Yamagiwa neglected to disclose this information and his records had not yet been investigated, he retained his post as Minister of Economic Revitalization. After the new cabinet was formed, past exchanges between Yamagiwa and the controversial religious organization resurfaced. He announced that he had previously paid membership fees and attended a Unification Church event but explained his delayed response by claiming he had forgotten and no longer had access to the records that would implicate him. he He resigned from his cabinet position on 24 October 2022, expressing regret for his actions and stating that he will remain as a member of the Diet because he did not do anything illegal. Yamagiwa stepped down voluntarily as to avoid any additional turbulence caused by the scandal. He was the highest ranking government official to be purged, though indirectly. Yamagiwa continues to rank highly within the LDP's hierarchical structure, working on many of the same international issues related to economy, energy, and wildlife.

Jobs

* Veterinarian * Chairperson, Committee on Cabinet, HR * State Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry * Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office * Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry, HR * Director, Economy, Trade and Industry Division, LDP

Parliamentary Friendship Associations

* Japan-African Union Parliamentary Friendship Association * Chief Secretary, Japan-Pacific Ocean islands countries Parliamentary Friendship Association

Areas of Interest

* Economy * Energy

Political Views

Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

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, and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group. Yamagiwa 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 whaling *in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of

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) *in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) *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 Over the last five decades there have been various plans for the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (海兵隊普天間航空基地, ''Kaiheitai Futenma Kōkū Kichi'' ), a United States Marine Corps base located within the urban ar ...

(Okinawa) *in favor of a strong attitude versus China *in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage *should start considering a nuclear-armed Japan *no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the

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References

External links

Official website
in Japanese. {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamagiwa, Daishiro Living people People from Kamakura People from Koganei, Tokyo 1968 births Members of Nippon Kaigi Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Government ministers of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2017–2021 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2021–2024 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2024–