Tadayoshi Nagashima

Japanese politician (1951–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tadayoshi Nagashima (長島 忠美, Nagashima Tadayoshi; 9 January 1951 – 18 August 2017) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[1]

Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHirohiko Izumida
ConstituencyPR block (2005–2012)
Niigata 5th (2012–2017)
Preceded byShogo Sakai
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Tadayoshi Nagashima
長島 忠美
Official portrait, 2012
In office
11 September 2005 – 18 August 2017
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byHirohiko Izumida
ConstituencyPR block (2005–2012)
Niigata 5th (2012–2017)
Mayor of Yamakoshi
In office
31 March 2000 – 31 March 2005
Preceded byShogo Sakai
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1951-01-09)9 January 1951
Yamakoshi, Niigata, Japan
Died18 August 2017(2017-08-18) (aged 66)
Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
Alma materToyo University
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Career

Nagashima (right) along with Tsuyoshi Takagi (center-left) in 2015

Born in the village of Yamakoshi, Niigata (now part of the city of Nagaoka), Nagashima graduated the Toyo University.

He served as mayor of his hometown Yamakoshi between 2000 and 2005, the year the village, severely damaged by an earthquake in 2004, merged with the city of Nagaoka.

Nagashima was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.

According to the LDP website, he held the following positions:[2]

  • Headman, Yamakoshi Village
  • Member, Diet Affairs Committee of LDP
  • Deputy Director Secretary, Special Committee on Disasters of LDP
  • Minister of State for Disaster Management of LDP's Shadow Cabinet
  • Vice-Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs and Local Autonomous Organizations of LDP
  • Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Parliamentary Secretary for Reconstruction

Positions

Nagashima was affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[3] and a member of the following right-wing groups in the Diet:

  • Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)
  • Diet Celebration League of the 20th Anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor's Accession to the Throne (天皇陛下御即位二十年奉祝国会議員連盟)
  • 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

Nagashima gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2014:[4]

References

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