Jun Matsumoto (politician)

Jun Matsumoto
Jun Matsumoto
松本純
	Official portrait, 2015
Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
	In office; 3 August 2016 – 3 August 2017
Prime Minister	Shinzo Abe
Preceded by	Taro Kono
Succeeded by	Hachiro Okonogi
Member of the House of Representatives
	In office; 10 November 2003 – 14 October 2021
Preceded by	Kenichiro Sato [ja]
Succeeded by	Gō Shinohara [ja]
Constituency	Kanagawa 1st (2003–2009; 2012–2021); Southern Kanto PR (2009–2012)
	In office; 21 October 1996 – 2 June 2000
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Kenichiro Sato [ja]
Constituency	Kanagawa 1st
Member of the Yokohama City Council
	In office; 1990–1996
Constituency	Naka-ku, Yokohama
Personal details
Born	11 April 1950 (age 74); Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party	LDP (1990–2021; 2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (2021–2022)
Alma mater	Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Jun Matsumoto (松本純, Matsumoto Jun, born August 11, 1950) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, he worked at the Japanese pharmaceutical company SSP Co., Ltd. from 1974 to 1978 and then at the pharmacy called 松本薬局 (Matsumoto Yakkoku) from 1978 to 2003. Meantime, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Yokohama in 1990, and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

On January 18, 2021, 10 days after the declaration of state emergency due to COVID-19,^[1] Matsumoto was spotted violating lockdown rules by visiting a restaurant and two hostess bars at night.^[2] Additionally, he first affirmed having been there alone and only met the establishment's manager,^[3] before admitting he was accompanied by fellow governing party officials Takashi Otsuka and Taido Tanose whom he had invited, and by female staff of the hostess bars.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

政治家情報〜松本純〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Archived from the original on 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2007-10-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

External links

Official website in Japanese.

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[1] "新型コロナウイルス感染症に関する知事メッセージ（1月8日）｜東京都".

[2] "Komeito lawmaker quits over hostess bar visit amid virus emergency". February 2021.

[3] "「会わないと話ができない内容もある」緊急事態宣言下で飲食店３軒をはしごした自民・松本純氏の一問一答：東京新聞 TOKYO Web".

[4] "「夜の銀座会食」自民の松本純・田野瀬太道・大塚高司氏が離党届提出 : 政治 : ニュース". February 2021.

[5] "平気でウソをつく松本純議員クラブホステス同伴？まだある同席2議員の"問題写真"".

[6] "松本、田野瀬、大塚氏議員辞職は…「支援者と相談したい」＜自民３議員が銀座クラブ訪問②＞：東京新聞 TOKYO Web".

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