Tōru Doi

Tōru Doi is a Japanese political activist, former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives. He has served as State Minister of Reconstruction, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Chairman of the House of Representatives Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Committee, and Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Finance and Banking Committee.

Career

A native of Kurokawa District, Miyagi, Doi graduated the Tohoku Gakuin University School of Law in 1981.
After having served in the local assembly of Miyagi Prefecture, Doi was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.

Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, that advocates a restoration of monarchy, and State Shinto in Japan, Doi often follows their agenda:

he was among the 86 parliamentarians attending their March 7, 2006 meeting to promote the Imperial tradition
he was among the lawmakers who signed 'THE FACTS', an ad published in The Washington Post on June 14, 2007, in order to protest against House of Representatives House Resolution 121, and to deny the existence of sexual slavery for the Imperial military.
he is in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement and Kono Statement
he is in favor of visits by a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
he is in favor of the revision of Article 9
he is a member of the following right-wing Diet groups:
*Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League
*Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group

Doi gave the following answers to the questionnaires submitted by Mainichi to candidates in 2012 and 2014:

His answers were:

in favor of the revision of the Constitution
in favor of the right of collective self-defense
in favor of the reform of the National assembly
no answer regarding the reactivation of nuclear power plants
against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s
in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
in favor of a strong attitude versus China
against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
against a nuclear-armed Japan
in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage

His answers were:

in favor of the revision of the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
in favor of the right of collective self-defense
no answer regarding nuclear plants
no problem for visits of a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement
in favor of the revision of the Kono Statement
no answer regarding laws preventing hate speech
no answer regarding question whether Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is a burden for Okinawa
in favor of the Special Secrecy Law
in favor of teaching 'morality' in school