Takami Eto
| Takami Eto | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Management and Coordination Agency | |
| Succeeded by | Taku Etō |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1925 |
| Died | November 22, 2007 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) |
Takami Eto (江藤 隆美 Etō Takami?, 10 April 1925 – 22 November 2007) was a Japanese politician and former member of Japan's House of Representatives.
Born in Hyūga, Miyazaki, Takami Eto studied at the Tomitaka business school (now Kadokawa High School), and graduated the Miyazaki Agriculture and Forestry College (now University of Miyazaki). After graduation, he ran for the Miyazaki prefecture assembly, and was elected three terms.
A conservative politician, Takami Etō joined in 1973 the political club Seirankai (青嵐会 - 'Mountain wind') founded by Shintaro Ishihara, one of Japan's most prominent "far right" politicians. He was called "Japan's Le Pen" on a program broadcast on Australia's ABC.
Eto was once considered a major power broker in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party.
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.
Etō retired from politics in 2003.
Takami Etō was found dead in his hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 22, 2007. He was 82 years old when he died and had been in Vietnam on a private agriculturally related visit. Japan's Kyodo News reported that Etō had died of an apparent heart attack.
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