Mitsuhide Iwaki

Mitsuhide Iwaki (岩城 光英, Iwaki Mitsuhide; born 4 December 1949) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the National Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Sophia University with a B.L., he worked at Suntory and served in the city assembly of Iwaki for two terms since 1980, in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for two terms from 1986 and as mayor of Iwaki for two terms from 1990. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

Mitsuhide Iwaki
岩城 光英
Official portrait, 2015
Minister of Justice
In office 7 October 2015 – 3 August 2016
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Yōko Kamikawa
Succeeded by	Katsutoshi Kaneda
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Councillors)
In office 27 August 2007 – 24 September 2008
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda
Preceded by	Seiji Suzuki
Succeeded by	Yoshitada Konoike
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2016
Preceded by	Shizuo Satō
Succeeded by	Teruhiko Mashiko
Constituency	Fukushima at-large
Mayor of Iwaki
In office 20 October 1990 – 27 September 1997
Preceded by	Takeo Nakata
Succeeded by	Keisuke Shike
Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly
In office 1986–1990
Constituency	Iwaki City
Member of the Iwaki City Assembly
In office 1980–1986
Personal details
Born	(1949-12-04) 4 December 1949 (age 75) Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Sophia University

Iwaki was named Minister of Justice in Shinzo Abe cabinet on 7 October 2015.

Conservative views

Iwaki is a member of the Sinseiren parliamentary group (fundamentalist Shinto).

On 18 October 2015, a few days after joining Shinzo Abe's cabinet, Iwaki visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.^[1]