Keiji Furuya

is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan.

Biography Keiji Furuya was born on 1 November 1952, in Chiyoda, Tokyo. His uncle Tōru Furuya was a senior police officer and politician for the Liberal Democratic Party. As a child, Furuya lived for several years in the United States and attended school there. After returning to Japan, he attended Seikei High School and Seikei University, studying economics. He was a year ahead of future Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Seikei. Furuya graduated in 1976 and began working for the Taishō Marine and Fire Insurance Company.

Furuya began working as secretary to Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe, the father of Shinzo Abe, in April 1984. In November, he became secretary to his uncle, Home Minister Tōru Furuya. When his uncle retired, Furuya was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.

He entered the Second Abe Cabinet as Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission in December 2012, serving until September 2014. He served as chairman of the LDP Election Strategy Committee from August 2016 to November 2017. This was intended by Takaichi to accelerate deliberations on constitutional amendments.

Affiliated organisations Affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi, Furuya is also a member of the following groups at the Diet: Japan (Vice Chair), Textbooks, Shinto, Yasukuni, Fundamental Education Law Reform (Committee Chair), Nikkyoso, Constitutional Revision, Japan Rebirth (Delegate Chair), China Memorial Photographs Protest (Vice Chair), Proper Japan, Protest American Comfort Women Resolution, North Korea Kidnap Victims (Secretary General).

He is the head of the Japan-ROC Diet Members' Consultative Council. He is also the head of the Parliamentarians' League for Japan's Anime, Manga, and Games.

Chinese sanctions On 30 March 2026, the Chinese government sanctioned Furuya for "sneaky visit Taiwan for multiple times, colluding with 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces, seriously violates the One China principle and the spirit of the four political documents between China and Japan, blatant interference in China's internal affairs and seriously undermines China's sovereignty and territorial integrity". Under the order of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Furuya is banned from entering mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

Honors Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon (2026)