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Eiichiro Washio

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Eiichiro Washio
鷲尾 英一郎
Official portrait, 2009
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
12 September 2005 – 9 October 2024
ConstituencyHokuriku-Shin'etsu PR (2005–2009; 2012–2017; 2021–2024)
Niigata 2nd (2009–2012; 2017–2021)
Personal details
Born (1977-01-03) 3 January 1977 (age 48)
Niigata, Japan
Political partyLDP
Other political
affiliations
DPJ
DP
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo

Eiichiro Washio (鷲尾 英一郎, Washio Eiichirō, born January 3, 1977) is a former Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Niigata, Niigata and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at Ernst & Young ShinNihon from 2001 to 2005. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Right-wing positions

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He was a supporter of right-wing filmmaker Satoru Mizushima's 2007 revisionist film The Truth about Nanjing, which denied that the Nanjing Massacre ever occurred.[1]

References

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  1. ^ The Japan Times NANJING MASSACRE 70TH ANNIVERSARY December 6, 2007 Retrieved on August 21, 2012
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