Nariaki Nakayama

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Nariaki Nakayama
中山 成彬
Official portrait, 2004
Leader of Kibō no Tō
In office 28 May 2019 – 1 October 2021
Preceded by	Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
In office 24 September 2008 – 28 September 2008
Prime Minister	Tarō Asō
Preceded by	Sadakazu Tanigaki
Succeeded by	Kazuyoshi Kaneko
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office 27 September 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime Minister	Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded by	Takeo Kawamura
Succeeded by	Kenji Kosaka
Member of House of Representatives
In office 23 October 2017 – 14 October 2021
Constituency	Kyūshū PR
In office 21 December 2012 – 21 November 2014
Constituency	Kyūshū PR
In office 20 October 1996 – 21 July 2009
Constituency	Miyazaki 1st
In office 6 July 1986 – 18 June 1993
Constituency	Miyazaki 2nd
Personal details
Born	(1943-06-07) 7 June 1943 (age 81) Kobayashi, Miyazaki, Japan
Political party	Kibō no Tō
Other political affiliations	Liberal Democratic Japan Restoration
Spouse	Kyoko Nakayama
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Nariaki Nakayama (中山 成彬, Nakayama Nariaki, born 7 June 1943) is a Japanese politician who has served as leader of Kibō no Tō from 2019 to 2021. He served as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi and later as Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under Tarō Asō.

After only four days in office he resigned due to a series of gaffes. Appointed on 24 September 2008, he resigned on 28 September 2008.^[1] After being de-endorsed by the LDP he lost his seat in the 2009 general election, eventually returning to the diet as a member of the Japan Restoration Party in the 2012 general election. He lost his seat again in the 2014 general election.

Nakayama's beliefs have been met with controversy, and have been characterized as historical revisionism. He denies the Nanjing Massacre and has pushed to censor textbook mentions of comfort women.