Junji Hasegawa

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Junji Hasegawa
長谷川 淳二
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 November 2021
Preceded byKoichi Yamamoto
ConstituencyEhime 4th (2021–2024)
Ehime 3rd (2024-present)
Personal details
Born (1968-08-05) 5 August 1968
Hichisō, Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
PartyLDP
University of Tokyo
WebsiteJunji Hasegawa website

Junji Hasegawa (長谷川 淳二, Hasegawa Junji; born 5 August 1968) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.[1]

Early years

Hasegawa was born in Hichisō, Kamo District, Gifu Prefecture.[2]

After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs (current Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) in 1991.[2]

Starting in 2008, Hasegawa was seconded to the Ehime Prefectural Government, where he served as the Director-General of the General Affairs Department before serving as the Vice Governor of Ehime Prefecture for three years starting in 2012. He returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2015. During the July 2018 West Japan heavy rain disaster, he was deployed to the field in Uwajima, where he took command of the disaster response efforts.[2]

Political career

In September 2019, Koichi Yamamoto, the Ehime 4th incumbent and former Minister of the Environment, announced that he would not run in the next general election and would retire from politics.[3] In December, when the LDP launched an open recruitment process to select Yamamoto's successor, the LDP local branch endorsed Hasegawa, citing his handling of the July 2018 West Japan heavy rain disaster. Hasegawa resigned from the Ministry for Internal Affairs and Communications on December 25 and relocated from Yokohama, where he was living at the time, to Uwajima.[4] On January 8, 2020, Hasegawa officially declared his candidacy.[5]

In the 2021 general election, Hasegawa won Ehime 4th's seat.[6]

Due to the redistricting that reduced Ehime Prefecture's seats from four to three, he was appointed as the head of the new Ehime 3rd district (effectively the designated candidate) on December 23, 2022.[7]

On December 27, Hasegawa was appointed to the Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications because of Mio Sugita's resignation over past discriminatory remarks.[8][9]

In September 2023, Hasegawa was re-appointed to Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in Second Kishida second reshuffled cabinet.[10]

In the 2024 LDP presidential election, Hasegawa endorsed Shinjirō Koizumi as a recommender.[11] He voted for Koizumi in first round and voted for Shigeru Ishiba in run-off.[12]

In October 2024, Hasegawa was re-appointed to Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in First Ishiba cabinet.[13]

In the 2024 general election, Hasegawa run in Ehime 3rd and won the seat.[14]

In the 2026 general election, Hasegawa was re-elected.[15]

References

  1. "Junji Hasegawa". LDP (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. "国会議員情報：長谷川淳二". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  3. "次期衆院選　山本氏、不出馬の意向". Ehime Shimbun (in Japanese). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  4. "長谷川氏、自民県連の出馬要請受諾". Ehime Shimbun (in Japanese). 26 December 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  5. "衆院選愛媛４区　長谷川氏が出馬会見". Ehime Shimbun (in Japanese). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  6. "衆院選 愛媛 開票速報". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 31 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  7. "自民、次期衆院選72選挙区の公認予定者を決定　10増10減受け". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 23 December 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  8. "長谷川氏に総務政務官の辞令　更迭された杉田水脈氏の後任". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 28 December 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  9. "The second KISHIDA Cabinet Reshuffled Cabinet List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  10. "The second KISHIDA Cabinet The second reshuffled Cabinet List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  11. "自民党総裁選2024、9候補の推薦人名簿一覧180人". The Nikkei (in Japanese). 12 September 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  12. "愛媛県選出議員の投票先は… 自民党新総裁に石破氏". I-Television (in Japanese). 27 September 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  13. "The ISHIBA Cabinet List of Parliamentary Vice-Ministers". PM office of Japan. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  14. "愛媛3区 衆議院選挙". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 October 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  15. "愛媛3区 小選挙区【衆議院選挙】開票速報・結果". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 8 February 2026. Retrieved 13 April 2026.