Motoo Hayashi

Motoo Hayashi (林 幹雄, Hayashi Motoo, born January 3, 1947) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He has been a member of the House of Representatives in the national Diet since 1993 and currently represents the Chiba 10th district; he has previously represented the Southern Kanto proportional representation block and the pre-1996 Chiba 2nd district.

Motoo Hayashi
林 幹雄
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
In office
7 October 2015  3 August 2016
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byYoichi Miyazawa
Succeeded byHiroshige Sekō
Member of the House of Representatives
for Chiba 10th District
Assumed office
18 July 1993
Personal details
Born (1947-01-03) 3 January 1947
Tōnoshō, Chiba, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materNihon University
Hayashi is on the most left side.

Career

A native of Katori District, Chiba, Hayashi graduated the Nihon University's College of Arts in 1970. Hayashi began his political career as a secretary to his late father, Taikan Hayashi, who served as chief of the former Environment Agency in the early 1990s.

Motoo Hayashi was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture for the first time in 1983 and served for three times. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. An expert on issues related to Narita International Airport, he was appointed Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Koizumi Cabinet) in 2003. He has pledged to improve Japan's transport network.[1]

On August 1, 2008 Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appointed him to the cabinet position of National Public Chairman, State Minister in Charge of Okinawa and Affairs Related to the Northern Territories.[1]

Hayashi is currently serving in the Lower House representing Chiba's Tenth District and is a member of Shinzō Abe's cabinet with many responsibilities: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Minister in charge of Industrial Competitiveness, Minister in charge of the Response to the Economic Impact caused by the Nuclear Accident, Minister of State for the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation.

Hayashi also served as Chairman of the Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Diet, Minister of State, Chairman of National Public Safety Commission (Aso Cabinet), and Acting Chairman, Election Strategy Committee.[2]

Ideology

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

  • Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)
  • 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

Hayashi gave the following answers to the questionnaires submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians:

Notes

  1. Japan Times, "Fukuda's new lineup", August 3, 2008.
  2. Hayashi Motoo profile on LDP website: jimin.jp/english/profile/members/114638.html (retrieved Dec 17, 2014)
  3. Nippon Kaigi website
  4. Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A12010001001
  5. Mainichi 2014: senkyo.mainichi.jp/47shu/meikan.html?mid=A12010003003

References

  • 政治家情報 〜林 幹雄〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
Political offices
Preceded by
Yoichi Miyazawa
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
2015–2016
Succeeded by
Hiroshige Sekō
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