Masayuki Fujio

Masayuki Fujio (藤尾 正行 Fujio Masayuki, January 1, 1917 – October 22, 2006) was the Japanese Minister of Education, under the government of Yasuhiro Nakasone until 1986. He was a member of the right-wing Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, where he was described as being a "loyal vassal" to Takeo Fukuda, the founder of the faction.[1]

Masayuki Fujio
藤尾 正行
Minister of Education
In office
22 July 1986 – 9 September 1986
Prime MinisterYasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded byToshiki Kaifu
Succeeded byMasajuro Shiokawa
Minister of Labour
In office
17 July 1980 – 30 November 1981
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byTakao Fujinami
Succeeded byTakiichiro Hatsumura
Personal details
Born(1917-01-01)January 1, 1917
Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
DiedOctober 22, 2006(2006-10-22) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materMeiji University

In 1986, he was made Minister of Education by Prime Minister Nakasone, but he was soon fired by Nakasone after an interview with Bungei Shunju in which he made several controversial remarks about Japans role in World War II. In the interview, he questioned the criminality of the Nanjing Massacre, claiming "It is not murder under international law to kill in war".[2] Further, he compared the Nanjing Massacre with the atomic bombings of Japan by America and implied that if Japans war time actions were wrong then so were America's.

He died of pneumonia on October 22, 2006.

References
  1. 週刊現代2020年11月14・21日号、連載亀井静香の政界交差点、第79回藤尾正行、福田赳夫に生涯を捧げ、中曽根康弘を一喝した男、76-77頁
  2. Yates, Ronald (9 September 1986). "JAPANESE OFFICIAL FIRED OVER KOREA, CHINA REMARKS". Chicago Tribune. Tokyo. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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