Hei Seki
Japanese commentator and politician (born 1962)
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Hei Seki (石 平, Seki Hei; born 30 January 1962),[a] also known as Yo Kitano (北埜 陽, Kitano Yō) for Japanese name,[1] is a Chinese-Japanese commentator and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors since 2025. He is known for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party and having revisionistic remarks on the war crimes of Imperial Japan.[2][3]
Hei Seki | |
|---|---|
石 平 | |
Seki in 2025 | |
| Member of the House of Councillors | |
| Assumed office 29 July 2025 | |
| Constituency | National PR |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shi Ping 30 January 1962 |
| Party | Innovation (since 2025) |
| Alma mater | Peking University Kobe University |
Career
Shi Ping was born in Chengdu, Sichuan on 30 January 1962, and his parents are university instructors. During the Cultural Revolution, his parents were sent down to a farm, while Shi was raised by his grandfather, who was a traditional Chinese medicine physician in rural Sichuan. His grandfather had secretly taught the Analects to Shi. He died from lung cancer when Shi was 11 years old.[4]
Shi attended Peking University and studied philosophy in 1980. In 1982, he participated in the democracy movement. He went to study in Japan in 1988,[4] and naturalized in 2007.[5]
On 20 July 2025, Seki was elected as a member of the House of Councillors in the national proportional representation block for 47,939 votes.[6][7]
On a trip to Taiwan, Seki stated that "Taiwan is the Republic of China" and that Taiwan is an independent country, not part of the People's Republic of China.[8][9]
Chinese sanctions
On 8 September 2025, the Chinese government banned Seki from entering mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. A statement from the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry stated Seki "has long spread fallacies on issues including Taiwan, the Diaoyu Islands, history, Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong".[10]