Takashi Fukaya

Takashi Fukaya (深谷隆司, Fukaya Takashi, born 29 September 1935) is a Japanese LDP-politician.

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Takashi was born in the Asakusa area of Taitō, Tokyo, graduated from Waseda University and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000, serving as postal minister in 1990 under Toshiki Kaifu, and as Minister of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1996 under Tomiichi Murayama. He served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) from 1999 to 2000 under Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori, but lost his Tokyo 2nd district seat to Yoshikatsu Nakayama in the 2000 general election, forcing his resignation as a cabinet minister.

He returned to the House in the 2005 election, and served there until announcing his retirement by failing to run in the 2012 election.

Political offices
Preceded by Senpachi Ōishi	Minister of Post and Telecommunications 1990	Succeeded by Katsutsugu Sekiya
Preceded by Hiromu Nonaka	Minister of Home Affairs Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission 1995–1996	Succeeded by Hiroyuki Kurata
Preceded by Kaoru Yosano	Minister of International Trade and Industry 1999–2000	Succeeded by Takeo Hiranuma
House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by MMC	Representative for Tokyo 8th district (multi-member) 1972–1976 1979–1996 Served alongside: Mitsuhiro Kaneko, Hisanori Yamada, Yoshimi Nakagawa, Kunio Hatoyama	District eliminated
Preceded by Yoshikatsu Nakayama	Representative for Tokyo 2nd district 2005–2009	Succeeded by Yoshikatsu Nakayama
Preceded by Moichi Miyazaki	Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Communications 1986–1987	Succeeded by Shunpei Tsukahara
Preceded by Kōsuke Uehara	Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Budget 1996–1997	Succeeded by Hikaru Matsunaga
Preceded by Yuya Niwa	Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Fundamental National Policies 2006	Succeeded by Seishirō Etō
Party political offices
Preceded by Kōichi Hamada	Director of the LDP Youth Division 1976–1977	Succeeded by Masaaki Nakayama
Preceded by Yoshirō Mori	Chairman of the LDP General Council 1998–1999	Succeeded by Yukihiko Ikeda

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