Tetsuma Esaki

Tetsuma Esaki
Tetsuma Esaki
江﨑鐵磨; （江﨑鉄磨）
Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs ; Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety
	In office; August 3, 2017 – February 27, 2018
Preceded by	Yosuke Tsuruho
Member of the House of Representatives
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 18 December 2012
Constituency	Aichi 10th
	In office; 9 November 2003 – 21 July 2009
Constituency	Aichi 10th
	In office; 19 July 1993 – 2 June 2000
Constituency	Aichi 3rd; (1993-1996); Aichi 10th; (1996-2000)
Personal details
Born	September 17, 1943; Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic; (2003-present)
Other political; affiliations	Japan Renewal; (1993-1994); New Frontier; (1994-1997, dissolution); Liberal; (1998-2000, split); New Conservative; (2000-2003, merger)
Parent	Masumi Esaki (father)
Relatives	Yoichiro Esaki (brother)
Alma mater	Rikkyo University

Tetsuma Esaki (born September 17, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), formerly a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] He was appointed to be the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs by Shinzō Abe August 3, 2017.[2] A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 by DPJ candidate Kazumi Sugimoto.[1]

August 3, 2017, he served as Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, and Consumer Affairs and Food Safety. But February 27, 2018, He resigned from the minister due to a mild cerebral infarction. Next day, Teru Fukui, former vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology assumed office as a successor.

Remarks

On August 8, 2018, Esaki said that "the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) should be “re-examined” in light of the fatal crash off Australia of an Okinawa-based U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft, likely overstepping Tokyo's official line on the politically sensitive pact."[3][4]
Masumi Esaki, Tetsuma's farther was a great politician. Masumi has served as Minister of Defense, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission.

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