Fumio Kyūma
| Fumio Kyūma | |
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| 久間 章生 | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 9 September 2006 – 3 July 2007 |
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| Prime Minister |
Junichiro Koizumi Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Fukushiro Nukaga |
| Succeeded by | Yuriko Koike |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 December 1940 Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Religion | Tenrikyo |
Fumio Kyūma (久間 章生 Kyūma Fumio?, born 4 December 1940) is a Japanese politician who has served in the Diet of Japan since 1980. Kyuma graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1964 and worked for the Ministry of Agriculture. He was elected to the Nagasaki Prefectural Assembly in 1971 serving three terms before being elected to the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for Nagasaki Number 2.
Kyūma is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
Kyūma served as the Minister for Defense from 1996 to 1998 under then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. He served in a variety of LDP posts in Jun'ichirō Koizumi's cabinet. He again became responsible for defence in September 2006.
In September 2006, shortly after he was appointed Defense Minister, Kyūma stated that the Chinese military was a concern, contradicting earlier comments that he had made referring to China's military as a threat.
In December 2006, Kyūma claimed that although former Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the invasion did not have the official support of the Japanese government. He later had to withdraw his remarks, admitting that the Japanese "Cabinet officially adopted a unified view supporting the U.S.-led war." On 24 January 2007 he said that the U.S. decision to invade Iraq was a mistake.
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