Name Nobuo Kishi | Parents Shintaro Abe, Yoko Abe Role Japanese Politician | |
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Grandparents Nobusuke Kishi, Kan Abe Siblings Shinzo Abe, Hironobu Abe Great-grandparents Moyo Sato, Hidesuke Sato | ||
A floral tribute at 9 11 memorial by mr nobuo kishi
Nobuo Kishi (岸 信夫, Kishi Nobuo, born April 1, 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
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- A floral tribute at 9 11 memorial by mr nobuo kishi
- Japanese parliamentarian urges Taiwan to open food imports from Fukushima affected provinc
- A political dynasty
- Career
- Positions
- References
Japanese parliamentarian urges Taiwan to open food imports from Fukushima-affected provinc...
A political dynasty
Nobuo is the younger brother, grandson, and grandnephew of Prime Ministers:
Shintaro Abe is his father. Nobuo is the third son, the other one being Hironobu Abe, who works at Mitsubishi Corporation.
Nobuo was adopted into his maternal parents' family soon after his birth. His adoptive father and Nobusuke Kishi's eldest son, Nobukazu Kishi, was chairman of Seibu Oil.
His other grandfather, Hiroshi Abe, was also a politician.
Career
A native of Tokyo, Kishi joined Sumitomo Corporation after graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in 1981. He left the company in 2002, after working in the United States, Vietnam, Australia...
Kishi was elected for the first time in 2004, and served as Parliamentary Secretary for Defense (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet), Vice Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors, Vice Chairman, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters of LDP, Chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems of Diet.
Positions
Like his brother Shinzō, Nobuo Kishi is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and a member of the following right-wing groups at the Diet:
Kishi gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2012: