Background
A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, Yamamoto is the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives.
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A native of Uwajima, Ehime and graduate of Keio University, Yamamoto is the son of Yuichi Yamamoto, the mayor of Uwajima, and a member of the House of Representatives.
Keio University.
Yamamoto was elected to his one term in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1991 and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. His profile on the Liberal Democratic Party website:
Member, Ehime Prefectural Assembly
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Environment(Hashimoto Cabinet)
Senior Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications(Koizumi Cabinet)
Deputy Chairman, General Council of Liberal Democratic Party
Director, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Division of Liberal Democratic Party
Chairman, Fundamental National Policies Committee of Diet
Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Yamamoto gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2012:
in favor of the revision of the Constitution
in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of Article 9)
in favor of reactivating nuclear power 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 an attitude avoiding conflict with China
against the participation of Japan to the Transport-Pacific Partnership
against a nuclear-armed Japan
no answer regarding the reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)
no answer regarding the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage.