Hei Seki
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 |
| Nationality | Japanese (since 2007) Chinese (before 2007) |
| Party | Innovation (since 2025) |
| Alma mater | Peking University Kobe University |
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 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]
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 is a traditional Chinese medicine physican in rural Sichuan. His grandfather had secretly taught the Analects to Shi. He was died from lung cancer when Shi was 11 years old.[4]
Shi was attended to Peking University and studied philosophy in 1980. In 1982, he participated the democracy movement. He went to study at Japan in 1988,[4] and naturalized in 2007.[5]
On 20 July 2025, Seki was elected as the member of the House of Councillors in the national proportional representation block for 47,939 votes.[6][7]
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".[8]
Notes
References
- ^ "石 平（せき へい）：参議院". www.sangiin.go.jp. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/world/2013/12/131213_nanjing_massacre_japan
- ^ "China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei over criticism". The Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ a b 『私はなぜ「中国」を捨てたのか』（新版）ワック. 2009-08-14. p. 144-189. ISBN 978-4-89831-610-8.
- ^ 村上智博 (2025-07-22). 「日本に帰化したか、政治家は全員出自を明らかにすべき」中国出身で参院選初当選の石平氏. sankei.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
- ^ 参議院選挙2025 日本維新の会 比例代表候補者 選挙速報・結果. NHK (in Japanese). 2025-09-08.
- ^ 維新の石平氏が参院選比例で当選 中国出身、「誹謗中傷に屈しない」と臨んだ選挙戦. 産経新聞 (in Japanese). 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
- ^ "China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei over 'spreading fallacies'". South China Morning Post. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.