Hakubun Shimomura
Hakubun Shimomura | |
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下村 博文 | |
Official portrait, 2013 | |
| Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games | |
| In office 13 September 2013 – 25 June 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Toshiaki Endo |
| Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 7 October 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Makiko Tanaka |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Hase |
| Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Representatives) | |
| In office 26 September 2006 – 27 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzo Abe |
| Preceded by | Jinen Nagase |
| Succeeded by | Matsushige Ono |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 20 October 1996 – 9 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Yukihiko Akutsu |
| Constituency | Tokyo 11th |
| Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly | |
| In office 1989–1996 | |
| Succeeded by | Yukihiko Akutsu |
| Constituency | Itabashi Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1954 Takasaki, Gunma, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Website | Official website |
Hakubun Shimomura (下村 博文, Shimomura Hakubun, born 23 May 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Shimomura is affiliated with the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi. As Minister of Education, he oversaw the approval of textbooks that have been described as minimizing Japan's role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, to avoid a "masochistic view of history". He has advocated for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to deny the Nanjing Massacre and the existence of the comfort women system.
Shimomura held a seat in the Diet for nearly three decades, winning nine consecutive terms until losing in the 2024 Japanese general election.