11 Facts About Takami Eto

Takami Eto was a Japanese politician and former member of Japan's House of Representatives.

Takami Eto was called "Japan's Le Pen" on a program broadcast on Australia's ABC.

Takami Eto served as the Japanese construction minister during the early 1990s, but resigned from the Management and Coordination Agency in 1995 following controversial comments regarding Japan's treatment of occupied countries during World War II.

Takami Eto was found dead in his hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 22,2007.

Takami Eto was 82 years old when he died and had been in Vietnam on a private agriculturally related visit.

Japan's Kyodo News reported that Takami Eto had died of an apparent heart attack.

Takami Eto was known for his revisionist views, and his negation of the existence of Japanese war crimes.

Takami Eto resigned from his post as minister in 1995 following comments in which he stated that Japan "did some good things" when it governed Korea, including building railroads, roads and schools.

Additionally, Takami Eto defended the 1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty which gave Japan control over Korea.

Takami Eto denied the existence of the Nanjing massacre, which he considered as a hoax.

Taku Takami Eto is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, which advocates a restoration of monarchy in the archipelago and negates the existence of Japanese war crimes.