abstract:is a Japanese politician who is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and the House of Representatives of the Diet (parliament). He served Yoshirō Mori as Chief Cabinet Secretary from July 2000 to October 2000.
For the first time, however, an 80-strong group of economically liberal politicians in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by HidenaoNakagawa, a former LDP secretary-general, is promoting a bold immigration policy.
HidenaoNakagawa, a senior party official and a close friend of the prime minister, puts the party's expectations at no more than 215 seats (down from its present 267) out of what will be a 480-seat lower house.