Yasushi Kaneko
is a Japanese politician who served as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from October 2021 to August 2022. He is serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Career A native of Kuma District, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, Kaneko was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent. He later joined the LDP. His profile on the LDP website: Secretary to a Diet Member Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Koizumi Cabinet) Senior Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Fukuda and Aso Cabinet) Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council of LDP Director, Youth Division of LDP Chairman, Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Positions Kaneko is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, and a member of the following right-wing groups at the Diet: Nippon Kaigi Diet discussion group (日本会議国会議員懇談会 - Nippon kaigi kokkai giin kondankai) Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League, Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai Conference to consider the true human rights (真の人権擁護を考える懇談会) Conference of young parliamentarians supporting the idea that the Yasukuni Shrine is a true national interest and desire