Education
Sophia University.
岩城 光英
politician member of the House of Councillors
Sophia University.
A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University, he had served in the city assembly of Iwaki for two terms since 1980, in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for two terms since 1986 and as mayor of Iwaki for two terms since 1990. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998. Iwaki was named Minister of Justice in Shinzo Abe cabinet on October 7, 2015.
On October 18, 2015, a few days after joining Shinzo Abe"s cabinet, Iwaki visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.