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Goshi Hosono

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Goshi Hosono
細野 豪志
Official portrait, 2011
Minister of the Environment
In office
2 September 2011 – 1 October 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded bySatsuki Eda
Succeeded byHiroyuki Nagahama
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 June 2000
Preceded byYoshiaki Kibe
ConstituencyShizuoka 7th (2000–2003)
Shizuoka 5th (2003–present)
Personal details
Born (1971-08-08) 8 August 1971 (age 54)
Ayabe, Kyoto, Japan
PartyLDP (since 2021)[1]
Other political
affiliations
Alma materKyoto University

Goshi Hosono (細野 豪志, Hosono Gōshi; born 8 August 1971) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ōmihachiman, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. He was the Minister of Environment and Minister of State for Nuclear Power Policy and Administration in the cabinet of Yoshihiko Noda.[2][3][4] He represents the 5th District of Shizuoka prefecture.

Career

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As a DPJ politician

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In the 2000 Japanese general, Hosono was elected for the first time as a DPJ candidate in Shizuoka 7th district election, defeating the LDP's incumbent.[5]

In the 2003 general election, he moved to Shizuoka 5th district due to a change in the division of constituency and won the election for the second time, defeating Toshitsugu Saito (LDP).

In September 2011, he was appointed Minister of the Environment of Noda Cabinet.

Goshi Hosono considered running in the September 2012 DPJ presidential elections against incumbent Yoshihiko Noda, but was eventually dissuaded from doing so by senior members of the party.[6]

Goshi Hosono was a protégé of DPJ Secretary General Azuma Koshiishi, who saw him as a potential future Prime Minister.[7]

After Noda's re-election as party president, and re-appointment of Koshiishi as Secretary General of the DPJ, Noda persuaded Hosono to become chairman of the party Policy Research Committee. The appointment of the popular 41-year-old Hosono was seen as important in preparing for the upcoming general election.[8]

Hosono in 2013

After the DPJ's loss in the December 2012 election, the party went into opposition. Hosono was cited as a possible successor to the party's leader Banri Kaieda.[9] After Kaieda was defeated in the 2014 election, Hosono ran for the DPJ leadership, but was defeated by former party president Katsuya Okada.

Formation of a Conservative Opposition Party

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In August 2017, Hosono left the Democratic Party, the successor of the DPJ, with the intention to form his own political party. His reason for wanting to leave the party was because of its policy on security and amending the Constitution.[10] In September, he collaborated with Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike and Diet member Masaru Wakasa to form a conservative opposition party named the Kibō no Tō.[11] After the then-DP leader Seiji Maehara allowed party members to run under the Kibō banner in the imminent general election, conservative-leaning DP representatives moved to Hope en masse. However, a significant bloc of ex-DP representatives were barred from running under the Kibō ticket by then-party leader Koike. Several of these representatives then formed the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) to house liberal-leaning former DP members. Some chose to run as independents, including Yoshihiko Noda and Katsuya Okada.[12][13]

Despite appearing at the start of the campaign to be able to deprive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his majority, campaign blunders by Koike led the party to fall short of initial expectations. Hope lost seats and only became the second largest opposition party behind the CDP, which ran a relatively successful campaign despite being hastily established.[14]

Defection to the LDP

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When Kibō no Tō merged with the Democratic Party in May 2018 to form the Democratic Party for the People, Hosono decided to not join the new party and became an independent member instead.[15] Hosono later joined Shisuikai,[16] One of the LDP faction which LDP-Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai leads, in January 2019 while remaining as an independent.[16]

As he approached Nikai, Hosono sought to join the LDP, and LDP-Secretary-General Nikai moved to support Hosono. However, in Hosono's constituency, Shizuoka 5th, LDP's Takeru Yoshikawa was a candidate for the LDP. As a result, local organizations such as LDP Shizuoka confederation, which had been at odds with Hosono, kept the movement of the Nikai in check.[17]

In October 2021, Fumio Kishida, Leader of Kōchikai, One of the LDP faction, to which Yoshikawa belongs, was elected President of the Liberal Democratic Party and dissolved the House of Representatives. LDP nominated Yoshikawa as a Shizuoka 5th candidate. Therefore, Hosono ran as an independent candidate in the 2021 general election. As a result, Hosono beat Yoshikawa by a large margin, and Defeated Yoshikawa won a seat in the PR block.[18] After the election, on November 5, LDP headquarters rejected opposition from local organization such as LDP Shizuoka 5th district branch and allowed Hosono to join the LDP.[19] Hosono said, "I make efforts to make them understand," considering the opposition from local lawmakers belonging to LDP Shizuoka 5th district branch, which had been at odds in the past when Hosono had belonged to the DPJ.[20]

In June 2022, some media reported that Yoshikawa had a date with minors accompanied by drinking. In Japan, people under the age of 20 are prohibited from drinking alcohol by law. Following a series of reports, Yoshikawa left the LDP.[21][22] On May 29, 2023, LDP Shizuoka Prefecture Confederation appointed Hosono as the head of the Shizuoka 5th district branch, which had been vacant since Yoshikawa left the LDP.[23]

In the 2024 LDP presidential election, Hosono endorsed Shigeru Ishiba as a recommender.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "無所属の細野豪志氏 自民入党" (in Japanese). Sankei Shinbun. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ Onishi, Norimitsu; Fackler, Martin (8 August 2011). "Anger in Japan Over Withheld Radiation Forecasts". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Japan Times, "Cabinet Profiles: Noda Cabinet Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine", 3 September 2011, p. 3.
  4. ^ Kamiya, Setsuko, "Hosono to reshape nuclear policy", Japan Times, 13 September 2011, p. 3.
  5. ^ "国会議員情報：細野 豪志（ほその ごうし）：時事ドットコム". Jiji Press (in Japanese). Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  6. ^ The Daily Yomiuri DPJ heavyweights prevailed on Hosono not to run 9 September 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012
  7. ^ Asahi Shimbun Ruling party reshuffle aims to heal divisions 25 September 2012
  8. ^ The Daily Yomiuri Noda party changes 'aimed at election' / Intraparty harmony seen as another factor in choices for top DPJ leadership posts 26 September 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012
  9. ^ Japan Times August 18, 2014 Lawmakers, China’s vice president agree to improve bilateral ties Retrieved on August 26, 2014
  10. ^ "Ex-minister Hosono to leave opposition Democratic Party". Japan Times. 4 August 2017.
  11. ^ Jiji Press (19 September 2017). "DP defector and ally of Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike to form new party". The Japan Times.
  12. ^ "THosono hints ex-prime ministers Kan, Noda should not join Koike's new party". Mainichi Shimbun. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  13. ^ かわら版 No.1109 『股くぐりの真相』.
  14. ^ Martin, Alex; Kikuchi, Daisuke (22 October 2017). "Top opposition forces see contrasting fates after poll". Japan Times. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  15. ^ 国民民主党６２人参加 「野党第１党」に届かず (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  16. ^ a b Takeuchi, Nozomu (29 January 2019). "Independent lawmaker Hosono to join LDP's Nikai faction" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  17. ^ "二階氏、静岡入り　細野氏の支援が狙いか　岸田派は警戒". The Nikkei (in Japanese). March 9, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  18. ^ "無所属・細野豪志氏が８選決める、自民・吉川赳氏らを破る…静岡５区". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). October 31, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  19. ^ "自民、無所属・細野豪志氏の入党認める　民主党政権の環境相". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). November 5, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  20. ^ "地元「大敗したので仕方ない」「頭越しに憤り」…自民入り細野豪志氏「ご理解頂けるよう努力」". The Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). November 6, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  21. ^ "自民党の吉川赳・衆院議員が離党　週刊誌での女性問題報道を受け". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). June 10, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  22. ^ "自民・吉川赳衆院議員が離党届　18歳学生と飲酒報道". The Nikkei (in Japanese). June 10, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  23. ^ "「開かない扉を開けてもらった」細野豪志氏、自民の静岡5区支部長に". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). May 30, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  24. ^ "石破茂氏の推薦人　細野豪志氏、村上誠一郎氏ら　自民総裁選". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). September 12, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
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