is a Japanese

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of the

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, and a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature).

Early life

Matsushita is a graduate of

Hosei University formerly known as Tokyo University of Law (東京法学社, Tokyo Hogakusha) is a top research university in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Hosei University and four other private universities in Tokyo are collectively known as "MARCH (Japanese univers ...

. Prior to gaining elected office, he worked at the government of

Miyazaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Miyazaki Prefecture has a population of 1,028,215 as of 1 January 2025 and has a geographic area of 7,735 Square kilometre, km2 (2,986 sq mi). Miyazaki Prefectur ...

from April 1991 to December 1996.

Political career

Matsushita served in the Miyazaki Prefecture assembly from 1999 to 2003. In 2004, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time. He is still serving as a member of that body as of January 2025.

Committee positions

Matsushita has held positions as * Chairman of the Special Committee of the House of Councilors on the Abduction Issue by North Korea * Member of the General Affairs Committee of the House of Councilors * Member of the House of Councilors Constitutional Review Committee * House of Councilors General Affairs Committee 3-seat director * Member of the Budget Committee of the House of Councilors * Member of the Special Committee on the Establishment of Political Ethics and the Election System of the House of Councilors * House of Councilors Constitutional Review Committee 4 seats secretary * Judge Prosecution Committee Member

Right-wing views

He was a supporter of

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filmmaker

Satoru Mizushima is a Japanese filmmaker. Early life Mizushima graduated from Waseda University majoring in German literature. Career Mizushima is the main host of the right-wing Japanese media organization, Channel Sakura, which maintains an active YouT ...

'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

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* in Japanese. Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) 1966 births Living people Democratic Party of Japan politicians Nanjing Massacre deniers Hosei University alumni Japanese historical negationists {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub