18 Facts About Nobuo Kishi

Nobuo Kishi sat in the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2023 representing Yamaguchi's 2nd District as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Nobuo Kishi is the younger brother of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Nobuo Kishi did not know about his actual parentage, or his relationship with Shintaro Abe's other sons, until he was preparing to enter university.

Nobuo Kishi spent the first decade of his life living in Tokyo with his grandfather, former prime minister Nobusuke Nobuo Kishi.

Nobuo Kishi graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in 1981 and joined Sumitomo Corporation, where he worked until 2002.

Nobuo Kishi's postings included the United States, Vietnam, and Australia.

Nobuo Kishi became known as a specialist in security issues.

Nobuo Kishi has served as Parliamentary Secretary for Defense, Vice Chairman, LDP Diet Affairs Committee in the House of Councillors, Vice Chairman, Party Organization and Campaign Headquarters of LDP, chairman, Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems.

Nobuo Kishi was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2012 Japanese general election after resigning from his House of Councillors seat.

Nobuo Kishi re-took a seat in Yamaguchi Prefecture that had previously belonged to his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi and great-uncle Eisaku Sato, but that had been lost to the Democratic Party of Japan in the 2009 Japanese general election.

Nobuo Kishi was promoted to Senior Vice Foreign Minister in 2013.

Nobuo Kishi became known during this time for his role in promoting the Japan-Taiwan relationship.

Nobuo Kishi helped to arrange an historic meeting between Prime Minister Abe and ROC opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen in 2015.

Nobuo Kishi was appointed as Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in September 2020.

In October 2020, Nobuo Kishi released a joint statement with Australian Minister of Defense Linda Reynolds that announced that Japan's Self Defense Forces would be enabled to protect Australian military assets, an act which was made legal in September 2015 through the "Peace and Security Preservation Legislation" passed under the Abe administration.

Nobuo Kishi acknowledged that members of the group participated as volunteers in his campaign activities, including tasks such as telephone campaigning.

Nobuo Kishi announced plans to resign from the House of Representatives due to health issues, making way for a by-election on April 23,2023.

Nobuo Kishi gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:.