Atsushi Watanabe (politician)
Atsushi Watanabe | |
|---|---|
渡部 篤 | |
Watanabe in 2005 | |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 11 September 2005 – 21 July 2009 | |
| Constituency | Tohoku PR |
| Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly | |
| In office 1991–2005 | |
| Constituency | Kitaaizu District |
| Member of the Aizuwakamatsu City Council | |
| In office 1982–1990 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1952 |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Komazawa University |
Atsushi Watanabe (渡部 篤, Watanabe Atsushi; born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima and graduate of Komazawa University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the city assembly of Aizuwakamatsu in 1982, to the first of his four terms in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture and to the first of his terms in the House of Representatives in 2005.
Right-wing positions
He was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanking Massacre ever occurred.[1]
References
- ^ The Japan Times NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007 Retrieved on August 21, 2012
External links
- Official website in Japanese.