Takamura Masahiko

Takamura Masahiko (March 15, 1942 -), Japanese politician. Top advisor of the Liberal Democratic Party's Constitutional Revision Promotion Headquarters, former vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, and former president of the Bancho Policy Research Institute (Takamura faction). He has served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defense (3rd generation), Parliamentary Secretary of the Defense Agency, and Parliamentary Secretary of Ozo Province. He also served as Director of the Economic Planning Department of the Murayama Cabinet, Foreign Minister of the first Obuchi Cabinet, and Minister of Justice of the third Mori Cabinet. After Kawamoto Toshio passed away in 2001, he succeeded the old Kawamoto sect as president, and the Kawamoto sect was therefore changed to the Komura sect. He is a famous person within the Liberal Democratic Party who advocates friendship with China. On September 26, 2007, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Fukuda Yasuo cabinet.