Education
A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Yamagiwa graduated from Yamaguchi University and received a Doctor of Philosophy in veterinary medicine from the University of Tokyo.
山際 大志郎
A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa, Yamagiwa graduated from Yamaguchi University and received a Doctor of Philosophy in veterinary medicine from the University of Tokyo.
After working as a veterinarian, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. Yamagiwa 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 reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)
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 a strong attitude versus China
in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
should start considering a nuclear-armed Japan
no answer regarding the participation of Japan to the Transport-Pacific Partnership.
Within the Liberal Democratic Party, Yamagiwa has served as Parliamentary Secretary of Cabinet Office, and as a member of the Committee on Cabinet. Yamagiwa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and a member of the Shintō Seiji Renmei Diet group.