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 Member of the House of Representatives
Constituency: Kagawa Prefecture 3 (Elected 7 times)
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*Notice that his old e-mail address, yoshinori.ohno@mbb.nifty.ne.jp, is
out of use and his new one yoshinori@e-ohno.com is currently suspended due to some reason for a while. Please use his Tokyo office address to
contact him.
Date
of Birth:
October 16,1935
Education:
1958 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Law Department
Career:
1958 Joined Ministry of Finance (MOF)
1961-63 Fulbright Exchange Student at the University of Pennsylvania Majoring
in International Relations; Consultant on Asian Affairs, Board of Education
(Philadelphia)
1965 Director, Ise Regional Tax Office
1971-75 First Secretary to the Permanent Delegation of Japan in Geneva
1977 Director, International Organizations Section, International Finance
Bureau, MOF
1977 Resigned from MOF run for the Governor of Kagawa
1986 Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives
1990-91 Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
1992 Chairman, Subcommittee on Part-time Labour, Standing Committee on
Labour, H.R.
1993 Member, General Council, LDP
1994 Director, National Defence Division, LDP
1996 Director, Prime Minister's Office, LDP
1997 Chairman, Standing Comittee on Transportaion, H.R.
1998 Deputy Chairman, Policy Research Council, LDP
1998 Chairman, Special Committee on Problems of Foreign Students, LDP
1998 Deputy Chairman, Special Committee on Guidelines for Japan-U.S. Defense
Cooperation, H.R.
1999 Senior State Secretary for Finance
2000 Depury Secretary-General, LDP
2000 Senior State Secretary for Science and Technology
2001 Senior Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2002 Chairman, Standing Committee on Rules and Administration, H.R.
2003 Chairman, Research Commission on the Annuities System, LDP
2004 Minister of State for Defense
2005 Chairman, Special Committee on Military Bases, LDP
2005 Chairman, Shikoku-Regional Bloc Conference of Party Members of Both
Houses of the Diet, LDP
2005 Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP
2005 Member, Standing Committee on Budget, H.R.
2005 Member, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R.
2005 Member, General Council, LDP
2005 Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
2005 Member, Standing Committee on Budget, H.R.
2005 Member, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R.
2006 Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Expanding the Size of Regional
Divisions, LDP
2006 Counselor, Research Commission on Security, LDP
2006 Counselor, Research Commission on Foreign Relation, LDP
2007 Chairman, Research Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems,
LDP
2007 Senior Director, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R.
Currently serving as:
Chairman, Reseach Commission on the Finance and Banking Systems, LDP
Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on the Tax System, LDP
Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Social Security System, LDP
Member, Standing Committee on Budget, H.R.
Senior Director, Standing Committee on Treasury and Finance, H.R.
Counselor, Research Commission on Expanding the Size of Regional Divisions, LDP
Counselor, Research Commission on Security, LDP
Counselor, Research Commission on Foreign Relation, LDP
Former Posts in the Liberal Democratic Party:
Secretary General, Research Commission on Security
Chairman, International Affairs Subcommittee, Special Committee on Economic
Policy
Chief Secretary, Special Committee on Railway Issues
Chief Secretary, Political Reformation Headquarters
Deputy Chairman, Research Commission on Public Administration and Finances
Deputy Chairman, Investigation Committee for the Finance and Banking Systems
Chairman, Shikoku-Regional Bloc Conference of Party Members of Both House
of the Diet, LDP
Chairman, Special Committee on Military Bases, LDP
Member, General Council, LDP
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This part contains only articles in 2001 and is frozen.
Opinion:
<Introduction of Korean to National Center for University Entrance
Examinations' Tests> -2001 March 9th (Friday)
I am against the very use of foreign languages as a subject
for the university placement examinations. This is because even when foreign
languages are employed for the entrances examinations, and even after studying
these languages for years, the effort comes to serve no purpose in the
lives of these students. Even Americans themselves look at the grammar
questions and often have no idea what the correct answers are. (Click
here to continue)
Opinion:
<Slight Increase in the Initial Employment Rate> -2001 March
9th (Thursday)
When I am asked what is the one key area that is responsible
for the Japan's economic maladies, without hesitation I respond that it
is the employment practices in Japan. These practices are of great concern
to the economy. The unemployment rate of 4.9% is a figure that was never
seen before in Japan and - what's more - this has the potential to rise
even higher. (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<Diving into Education> -2001 March 6th (Tuesday)
"Education is a journey of self-discovery." I
find this to be a very telling description.
Postwar Japan has been able to profit on the economic front through standard
large-scale production. Furthermore, going along the thinking of groups
like the Socialist and Communist Parties, the idea of an elite education
has been replaced with one that is uniform. But the era of standard large-scale
production and uniform education has already ended. (Click
here to continue)
Opinion:
<This Time It's "Nay" to the Non-confidence Vote>
-2001 March 5th (Monday)
Today the cabinet was subjected to a non-confidence proposal
presented by the opposition parties. After debate, the resolution was defeated
with 274 against and 192 for the measure, of a total of 466 votes. This
time I voted against the proposal. However, last autumn, the Kato and Yamazaki
factions (the latter to which I belong) were going to support a non-confidence
proposal, but in the end they simply did not attend the vote, effectively
keeping the cabinet in power. This time, why did we decide to attend and
vote against the measure? (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<The Textbook Issue> -2001 March 2nd (Friday)
The Japanese textbooks currently in the certification process
are being barraged with criticism by China and Korea. These books are slated
to be released this year and will be put into use in 2002. And 2002 has
wider educational changes underfoot, including the switch to a five-day
long school week and the application of new guidance policies. Before diving
into China and Korea's complaints, we must first look procedurally at the
process in which the contents of the textbooks were leaked in advance prior
to the certification. (Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<A New Look at Economic Policy> -2001 February 23rd, (Friday)
LDP policy chief Kamei recently visited President Yamazaki
of the Near Future Research Committee so once again the discussion naturally
led to economic policy. My opinion on economic policy is as follows.
1) Quantitative Easing Theory
2) Inflation Targeting
3) Treasury Stock
(Click here to continue)
Opinion:
<What Do You Thinks of These Figures?> -2001 February 23 (Friday)
According to today's news, the powerful U.S.-based rating
agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Japan's international ranking
from the highest AAA to AA+. Minister of Finance Miyazawa called this maneuver
"odd" and Yanagisawa, head of the Financial Services Agency,
called it "unwanted meddling." I sympathize with their comments,
but - putting that aside - how should we think of the following figures
for Japan: (Click here to continue)
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