Takumi Nemoto

Takumi Nemoto (根本 匠, Nemoto Takumi; born March 7, 1951) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Takumi Nemoto
根本 匠
Official portrait, 2012
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Katsunobu Katō
Succeeded by	Katsunobu Katō
Minister for Reconstruction
In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Tatsuo Hirano
Succeeded by	Wataru Takeshita
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 19 December 2012 – 9 October 2024
Preceded by	Kazumi Ota
Succeeded by	Kōichirō Genba
Constituency	Fukushima 2nd
In office 19 June 1993 – 21 June 2009
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Kazumi Ota
Constituency	Fukushima 1st (1993–1996) Fukushima 2nd (1996–2009)
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-07) 7 March 1951 (age 74) Kōriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Children	Taku Nemoto
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Construction (which is now part of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) in 1974. Leaving the ministry in 1991 he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993. Nemoto was appointed as Minister for Reconstruction in the Second Abe Cabinet on 26 December 2012.

Nemoto (right) meeting with the Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath in 2006

Nemoto has served as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. In January 2019, it was revealed that the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare had been publishing inaccurate monthly labor survey data for nearly 15 years, which led to over 20 million people being underpaid in work-related benefits. The opposition accused Nemoto of being involved in a government coverup to boost Prime Minister Abe's Abenomics policies. A motion of no-confidence was filed against Nemoto on March 1 but was voted down by the ruling LDP coalition.^[1]

As a member of a parliamentary committee responding to a petition advocating a law prohibiting businesses from forcing female workers to wear high-heeled shoes (KuToo movement), he expressed that it was "necessary and reasonable" to mandate this for female workers.^[2]

See also

• KuToo movement