Takumi Nemoto

Takumi Nemoto (根本 匠, Nemoto Takumi, born March 7, 1951) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Takumi Nemoto
根本 匠
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
In office
2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byKatsunobu Katō
Succeeded byKatsunobu Katō
Minister for Reconstruction
In office
26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014
Prime MinisterShinzō Abe
Preceded byTatsuo Hirano
Succeeded byWataru Takeshita
Member of the House of Representatives
for Fukushima's 2nd district
Assumed office
19 December 2012
In office
19 June 1993 – 21 June 2009
Personal details
Born (1951-03-07) March 7, 1951
Koriyama, Fukushima
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materThe University of Tokyo

A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Construction (which is now part of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) in 1974. Leaving the ministry in 1991 he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993. Nemoto was appointed as Minister for Reconstruction in the Second Abe Cabinet on 26 December 2012.

Nemoto in New Delhi

Nemoto has served as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. As a member of a parliamentary committee responding to a petition advocating a law prohibiting businesses from forcing female workers to wear high-heeled shoes (KuToo movement), he expressed that it was "necessary and reasonable" to mandate this for female workers.[1]

See also

References
  1. Rachelle, Vivian (29 August 2019). "Japan's #KuToo movement is fighting back against regressive dress codes for women". Quartz. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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