Kyoko Nishikawa (西川 京子, Nishikawa Kyōko, born October 2, 1945) is a Japanese political activist of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, a former member of House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Kyoko Nishikawa | |
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西川 京子 | |
Member of the House of Representatives | |
In office 26 June 2000 – 21 July 2009 21 December 2012[1] – 21 November 2014 | |
Constituency | Fukuoka 10th district (2005–2009) Kyushu PR block (2000–2005, 2012–2014) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ōme, Tokyo, Japan | October 2, 1945
Political party | Liberal Democratic |
Alma mater | Waseda University |
A native of Ōme, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University Faculty of Education, Nishikawa was elected for the first time in 2000.
Her husband Hiroshi Nishikawa, a banker, is a mayor in Ashikita District, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Her profile on the LDP website:[2]
Kyoko Nishikawa, a former Lower House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who served as senior vice education minister, said to the effect that Japan waged the war to help all the nations of Asia prosper and gain independence. [3]
Nishikawa is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi,[4][5] and a member of several right-wing Diet groups:
Nishikawa is also a member of the Japan Buddhist Federation (全日本仏教会).
In 2013, Nishikawa referred to sexual slavery for the Imperial military ('Comfort women') as "mere prostitution".[6]
Nishikawa gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2014:[7]