Takumi Nemoto | |
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| 根本 匠 | |
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| Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare | |
| In office 2 October 2018 – 11 September 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Katsunobu Katō |
| Succeeded by | Katsunobu Katō |
| Minister for Reconstruction | |
| In office 26 December 2012 – 3 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Tatsuo Hirano |
| Succeeded by | Wataru Takeshita |
| Member of the House of Representatives for Fukushima's 2nd district | |
| Assumed office 19 December 2012 | |
| In office 19 June 1993 – 21 June 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1951 Koriyama, Fukushima |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | The University of Tokyo |
Takumi Nemoto (根本 匠, Nemoto Takumi, born March 7, 1951) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
A native of Kōriyama, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Construction (which is now part of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) in 1974. Leaving the ministry in 1991 he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1993. Nemoto was appointed as Minister for Reconstruction in the Second Abe Cabinet on 26 December 2012.
Nemoto has served as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. As a member of a parliamentary committee responding to a petition advocating a law prohibiting businesses from forcing female workers to wear high-heeled shoes (KuToo movement), he expressed that it was "necessary and reasonable" to mandate this for female workers.[1]
