Tōru Doi(土井 亨,Doi Tōru, born 1958) is a Japanese politician who serves in the House of Representatives of the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
A native of Kurokawa District, Miyagi, Doi graduated the Tohoku Gakuin University School of Law in 1981.
After having served in the local assembly of Miyagi Prefecture (won in 1993, 1995, 1999, lost in 2003), Doi was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.
Revisionism
Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, that advocates a restoration of monarchy, State Shinto, and militarism in Japan, Doi often follows their agenda:
he was among the among the 86 parliamentarians attending their March 7, 2006 meeting to promote the Imperial tradition
he was among the lawmakers who signed 'THE FACTS', an ad published in the Washington Post on June 14, 2007 in order to protest against United States House of Representatives House Resolution 121, and to deny the existence of sexual slavery for the Imperial military ('Comfort women').
he is in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement and Kono Statement
he is in favor of visits by a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
he is in favor of the return to militarism and the revision of Article 9
he is a member of the following right-wing Diet groups:
Conference of parlementarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会 - Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League
