is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). Matsumoto served as a vice minister for the Cabinet Office between August 2017 and January 2018. He resigned from his post after being recorded in the Diet mocking the gravity of US military helicopter accidents in Okinawa.
Career A native of Sera District, Hiroshima and a graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1985. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005.
His profile on the LDP website:jimin.jp/english/profile/members/120956.html (retrieved Nov 24, 2014) Former member of the Metropolitan Assembly Member, Committee on Audit and Oversight of Administration Member, Special Committee on Disasters Director, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Positions
Matsumoto, who is affiliated with Nippon Kaigi, attended a party organized by the Tokyo branch of the openly revisionist lobby to celebrate the Shinzō Abe cabinet, where the Imperial Rising Sun Flag was flown, the "Kimigayo" sung, and the pledge to "break away from the post-war regime" renewed.Nippon Kaigi website - 2013: nipponkaigi.jp/archives/391
Matsumoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:Mainichi 2012: senkyo.mainichi.jp/46shu/kaihyo_area_meikan.html?mid=A13007005005 in favor of the revision of the Constitution in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9) in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral) in favor of the reactivation of nuclear plants against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (Okinawa) in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government in favor of a strong attitude versus China against the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership against a nuclear-armed Japan
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External links Official website in Japanese.