is a former

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ese

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who served as a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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and graduate of the

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, he worked at Ernst & Young ShinNihon from 2001 to 2005. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Right-wing positions

He was a supporter of

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filmmaker

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's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the

Nanjing Massacre The Nanjing Massacre, or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly Chinese postal romanization, romanized as ''Nanking'') was the mass murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and surrendered prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanji ...

ever occurred.The Japan Time
NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007
Retrieved on August 21, 2012

References

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Official website
in Japanese. 1977 births Living people People from Niigata (city) University of Tokyo alumni Japanese accountants Democratic Party of Japan politicians Nanjing Massacre deniers Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014 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 {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub