Yohei Matsumoto (松本 洋平, Matsumoto Yōhei, born 1973) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Setagaya, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he worked at Sanwa Bank, (now part of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) from 1996 to 2003. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after an unsuccessful run in 2003.

Yohei Matsumoto
松本 洋平
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
December 19, 2012
ConstituencyTokyo 19th district
(2012-2021)
Tokyo PR block
(2021-present)
In office
September 11, 2005  July 21, 2009
Preceded byYoshinori Suematsu
Succeeded byYoshinori Suematsu
ConstituencyTokyo 19th district
Personal details
Born (1973-08-31) August 31, 1973
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materKeio University
Websitehttp://www012.upp.so-net.ne.jp/yohei/index.html

Right-wing positions

He was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanjing Massacre ever occurred.[1]

References

  1. The Japan Times NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007 Retrieved on August 21, 2012
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