Tadayoshi Nagashima (長島 忠美, Nagashima Tadayoshi, January 9, 1951 – August 18, 2017) was a Japanese politician, serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Born in the village of Yamakoshi, Niigata (now part of the city of Nagaoka), Nagashima graduated the Toyo University.
He served as mayor of his hometown Yamakoshi between 2000 and 2005, the year the village, severely damaged by an earthquake in 2004, merged with the city of Nagaoka.
Nagashima was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.
His profile on the LDP website:
Headman, Yamakoshi VillageMember, Diet Affairs Committee of LDPDeputy Director Secretary, Special Committee on Disasters of LDPMinister of State for Disaster Management of LDP's Shadow CabinetVice-Chairman, Committee on Judicial Affairs and Local Autonomous Organizations of LDPParliamentary Secretary of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesParliamentary Secretary for ReconstructionNagashima is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and a member of the following right-wing groups in the Diet:
Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai)Diet Celebration League of the 20th Anniversary of His Majesty The Emperor’s Accession to the Throne (天皇陛下御即位二十年奉祝国会議員連盟)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 LeagueNagashima gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parlementarians in 2014:
no answer regarding the revision of the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitutionno answer regarding the right of collective self-defenseno answer regarding nuclear plantsagainst visits of a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrinein favor of the revision of the Murayama Statementno answer regarding the revision of the Kono Statementno answer regarding laws preventing hate speechno answer regarding question whether Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is a burden for Okinawano answer regarding the Special Secrecy Lawno answer regarding teaching 'morality' in school
