Masaaki Akaike
Masaaki Akaike (赤池 誠章, Akaike Masaaki, born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kōfu, Yamanashi and graduate of Meiji University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005 after three unsuccessful runs in 1993, 1995 and 2000.
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 Nanking Massacre ever occurred.[1]
References
- ^ The Japan Times NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007 Retrieved on August 21, 2012
- 政治家情報 〜赤池 誠章〜. ザ・選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
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See also
External links
- Official website in Japanese.