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Masayuki Fujio | |
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| 藤尾 正行 | |
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| Minister of Education | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 9 September 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| Preceded by | Toshiki Kaifu |
| Succeeded by | Masajuro Shiokawa |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 17 July 1980 – 30 November 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Zenkō Suzuki |
| Preceded by | Takao Fujinami |
| Succeeded by | Takiichiro Hatsumura |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1917 Tochigi Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 22 October 2006 (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan |
| Alma mater | Meiji University |
Masayuki Fujio (藤尾 正行 Fujio Masayuki, January 1, 1917 – October 22, 2006) was the Japanese Minister of Education, under the government of Yasuhiro Nakasone until 1986. He was a member of the right-wing Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, where he was described as being a "loyal vassal" to Takeo Fukuda, the founder of the faction.[1]
In 1986, he was made Minister of Education by Prime Minister Nakasone, but he was soon fired by Nakasone after an interview with Bungei Shunju in which he made several controversial remarks about Japan's role in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. In the interview, he questioned the criminality of the Nanjing Massacre, claiming "It is not murder under international law to kill in war".[2] Further, he compared the Nanjing Massacre with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and implied that if Japans war time actions were wrong then so were America's.
He died of pneumonia on October 22, 2006 at the age of 89.