Hirofumi Nakasone
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Template:Nihongo is a Japanese politician from Takasaki, Gunma, who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to September 2009. He was Minister of Education under Prime Minister Yoshirō Mori. He is former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's son.
Nakasone was appointed as head of the Science and Technology Agency by Prime Minister Keizō Obuchi in early October 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, appointed on 24 September 2008, Nakasone was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.<ref>"Aso elected premier / Announces Cabinet lineup himself; poll likely on Nov. 2" Template:Webarchive, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 25 September 2008.</ref>
Early years
Nakasone was born in Gunma Prefecture in 1945 and graduated from Keio University with a degree in Business and Commerce.<ref name="外務省: ご案内- ご利用のページが見つかりません">Template:Cite web</ref>
After graduation, he worked briefly at Asahi Kasei and then became Special Assistant to his father, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and Secretary to the President of the Liberal Democratic Party.<ref name="外務省: ご案内- ご利用のページが見つかりません"/>
Nakasone has been a member of the House of Councillors since being elected in 1986.
Revisionism regarding 'Comfort women'
Nakasone is affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.<ref name="JP 200809">"Pro-Yasukuni lineup features Aso Cabinet" - Japan Press Weekly - 24 September 2008</ref> Hirofumi Nakasone chairs a commission established to consider "concrete measures to restore Japan's honor with regard to the comfort women issue."<ref>"Comfort women and Japan's war on truth" - The New York Times - 15–16 Nov 2016</ref>
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