Tōru Doi
Tōru Doi is a Japanese politician who serves in the House of Representatives of the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.Career
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, Doi was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005.Positions
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:
Doi gave the following answers to the questionnaires submitted by Mainichi to candidates in 2012 and 2014:In 2012
His answers were:
- in favor of the revision of the Constitution
- in favor of the right of collective self-defense
- in favor of the reform of the National assembly
- no answer regarding the reactivation of nuclear power plants
- against the goal of zero nuclear power by 2030s
- in favor of the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
- in favor of evaluating the purchase of Senkaku Islands by the Government
- in favor of a strong attitude versus China
- against the participation of Japan to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- against a nuclear-armed Japan
- in favor of the reform of the Imperial Household that would allow women to retain their Imperial status even after marriage
In 2014
His answers were:
- in favor of the revision of the Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
- in favor of the right of collective self-defense
- no answer regarding nuclear plants
- no problem for visits of a Prime Minister to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine
- in favor of the revision of the Murayama Statement
in favor of the revision of the Kono Statement
