Lin Fangzheng

Hayashi Yoshimasa (Japanese: Hayashi Yoshimasa/Hayashi Yoshimasa, romanization: Hayashi Yoshimasa, January 19, 1961 -), a politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, was born in Tokyo. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet on a temporary basis (third in the order of appointment), and a member of the House of Representatives for the 3rd District of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Lin has served as Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs and other government offices. He was a member of the Senate from 1995 to 2021 (5 terms), and was later elected to the House of Representatives and has been elected to this day (2 terms). He once belonged to the Hiroshikai (Kishida faction) in the Liberal Democratic Party. He was widely regarded as a pro-China faction in Japanese politics because he served as the president of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians Alliance.