Akinori Eto

Akinori Eto
Akinori Eto
江渡聡徳
	Eto in 2013
Minister of Defense
	In office; 3 September 2014 – 24 December 2014
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Itsunori Onodera
Succeeded by	Gen Nakatani
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 November 2003
Preceded by	Shingo Mimura
Constituency	Aomori 2nd (2003–2017); Tohoku PR (2017–2021); Aomori 1st (2021–present)
	In office; 20 October 1996 – 25 June 2000
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Shingo Mimura
Constituency	Aomori 2nd
Personal details
Born	12 October 1955 (age 69); Towada, Aomori, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Alma mater	Nihon University
Website	Official website

Akinori Eto (江渡聡徳, Eto Akinori, born 1955) is a Japanese politician and the former defense minister of Japan.

Overview

Eto is a politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Towada, Aomori, he attended Nihon University as both undergraduate and graduate. He was elected for the first time in 1996 but lost his seat in the re-election four years later. He was re-elected in 2003.

Eto was a short lived Minister of Defense starting from September, when he was appointed to his position due to a cabinet reshuffle but ending in December 2014. He declined continuing his post after the 2014 snap election due to being embroiled in a political funding scandal, where he and two other cabinet members was accused by opposition parties of alleged influence peddling, improper donations and/or issues in reporting on political funds. Eto denied the accusations.^[1]^[2] Analysts say his handling of questions relating to the scandal was considered too weak and was a major reason for Abe to replace him with Gen Nakatani, who is seen as a stronger figure.^[3]

Like Abe and most members of the Cabinet, he is affiliated with the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.^[4]

Footnotes

^ "Japan PM's woes may not end despite resignations of two ministers". Reuters. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
^ "Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister". BBC News. 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
^ "Japan parliament re-elects Abe as prime minister". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
^ "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)

References

政治家情報〜江渡聡徳〜. JANJAN (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-20.

External links

Official website in Japanese.

Political offices
Preceded by Takahide Kimura	State Minister of Defense 2007–2008	Succeeded by Seigo Kitamura
Preceded by Akihisa Nagashima	State Minister of Defense 2012–2013	Succeeded by Ryota Takeda
Preceded by Itsunori Onodera	Minister of Defense 2014	Succeeded by Gen Nakatani
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by Ryota Takeda	Chair, Lower House Committee on Security 2013–2014	Succeeded by Seigo Kitamura

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[1] "Japan PM's woes may not end despite resignations of two ministers". Reuters. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2021-10-10.

[2] "Shinzo Abe re-elected as Japan's prime minister". BBC News. 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2021-10-10.

[3] "Japan parliament re-elects Abe as prime minister". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-10-10.

[4] "Abe’s reshuffle promotes right-wingers" (Korea Joongang Daily - 2014/09/05)

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