Keiji Furuya

Keiji Furuya (古屋 圭司, Furuya Keiji, born 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.

Keiji Furuya
古屋 圭司
Furuya in 2023
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
In office 26 December 2012 – 16 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Tadamasa Kodaira
Succeeded by	Eriko Yamatani
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 February 1990
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	Gifu 2nd (1990–1996) Gifu 5th (1996–2009; 2012–present) Tōkai PR (2009–2012)
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-01) 1 November 1952 (age 72) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Seikei University

Furuya with Seishirō Etō (at the Presidential Office Building (Republic of China) on May 20, 2016)

Career

A native of Tokyo, who attended secondary schools in the NY area, and graduate of Seikei University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,^[1] Furuya is also a member of the following groups at the Diet: Japan (Vice Chair), Textbooks, Shinto, Yasukuni, Fundamental Education Law Reform (Committee Chair), Nikkyoso, Constitutional Revision, Japan Rebirth (Delegate Chair), China Memorial Photographs Protest (Vice Chair), Proper Japan, Protest American Comfort Women Resolution, North Korea Kidnap Victims (Secretary General).^[2]

He is the head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council.^[3]

Political career

Furuya has held the following posts:^[4]

April 1984:

Secretary to Minister for Foreign Affairs Shintaro ABE

November 1984:

Secretary to Minister of Home Affairs Toru Furuya

February 1990:

Won a House of Representatives seat at the 39th general election (first term)

July 1993:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 40th general election (second term)

March 1995:

Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party

1995:

Vice-Minister of Justice

January 1996:

Director, Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party

October 1996:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 41st general election (third term)

November 1996:

Director, Posts and Telecommunication Division, Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party

October 1997:

Senior member of Posts and Telecommunication Committee, House of Representatives

September 1998:

Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party

October 1999:

Member of the House Steering Committee, House of Representatives

June 2000:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 42nd general election (fourth term)

July 2000:

Chairman, Commerce and Industry Committee, House of Representatives

December 2000:

Deputy Chairman (Manager), Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party

May 2001:

Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

October 2002:

Chairman, Committee of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, House of Representatives

November 2003:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 43rd general election (fifth term)

Deputy Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party

October 2004:

Acting Chairman, Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation, Liberal Democratic Party

September 2005:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 44th general election (sixth term)

October 2007:

Deputy Chairman (Manager), Policy Research Council, Liberal Democratic Party

August 2008:

Director, Interest Group Policy Division, Liberal Democratic Party

September 2008:

Chairman, Public Relations Headquarters, Liberal Democratic Party

August 2009:

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 45th general election (seventh term)

October 2009:

President, Central Institute of Politics, Liberal Democratic Party

October 2012:

Chairman, Headquarters for Party and Political System Reform Implementation, Liberal Democratic Party

December 2012:

Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission

Minister in charge of the Abduction Issue

Minister in charge of Building National Resilience

Minister of State for Disaster Management (2nd Abe cabinet)

Re-elected to the House of Representatives at the 46th general election (eighth term)

References

1. Nippon Kaigi website
2. Matthew Penney (December 31, 2012). "The Abe Cabinet - An Ideological Breakdown". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. 10 (54).
3. "Japan lawmaker seeks forum with US, Taiwan to restrain China". Mainichi Shimbun. October 9, 2020. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020. Keiji Furuya, head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council, said that his council has been working to broker security cooperation between Japan, the United States and Taiwan, which calls itself the Republic of China.
4. "The Cabinet - Keiji FURUYA". Cabinet Public Relations Office.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• 政治家情報 〜古屋 圭司〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.