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extra=10 April 1925 – 22 November 2007 was a politician and former member of Japan's House of Representatives.
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." Japanese ex-minister found dead in Vietnam hotel room" - AFP - Nov 22, 2007 - Accessed Dec 1, 2014
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.
Additionally, Etō defended the 1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty which gave Japan control over Korea. He stated in a speech, " Why was the country-to-country treaty called an invasion?...What's the difference between that and a merger of a town and a village?" Etō also actively lobbied against school which mentioned so-called "comfort women" Comfort women were women from across Asia, including Koreans, whom Japanese troops forced into sexual slavery during World War II.
Etō also denied the existence of the Nanjing Massacre, which he considered to be a hoax." 南京虐殺30万人はうそ 江藤氏、講演で発言" - JPN 47 news - 2003/07/12
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