Hiromu Nonaka

Who is Hiromu Nonaka?

Hiromu Nonaka is a Japanese LDP politician and former member of the House of Representatives. He is a lecturer at Heian Jogakuin University.

He has held the following posts:

⁕Minister of Home Affairs and Head of the National Public Safety Commission, 1994-1995

⁕Chief Cabinet Secretary, 1998-1999

⁕Head of the Okinawa Development Agency, 1999

In 2001 he was seen as a contender for the post of Prime Minister of Japan. During his candidacy, future Prime Minister Tarō Asō allegedly made remarks disparaging towards his Burakumin heritage. While Asō initially denied the remarks, they appeared to be confirmed later. Nonaka later remarked that he would "never forgive" Asō for the remarks.

Nonaka also established and operated Japan's first care facility for individuals with profound physical disabilities during the 1970s.

On June 5, 2013, Hiromu Nonaka led a delegation including former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to visit Beijing. They conferred with Liu Yunshan, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1972, the Japanese government underwent negotiations with Chinese Primer Zhou Enlai to establish formal diplomatic relationship and signed the China-Japan Joint Declaration when Nonaka was one of a member of the Kyoto prefectural assembly, eleven years before becoming a member of the House of Representatives. He testified before media what he said was told at a Tanaka faction's workshop held in Hakone not long after the meeting with Zhou Enlai.: