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Kan Cabinet (Formed June 8, 2010)
STATE MINISTER IN CHARGE OF RECONSTRUCTING AREAS RAVAGED BY THE MARCH 11 QUAKE AND TSUNAMI and STATE MINISTER FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Ryu Matsumoto
Date of birth: May 17, 1951
Party: Democratic Party of Japan
Electoral district: Lower House; Fukuoka No. 1 (seventh term)
Matsumoto is mostly known for his large annual income. He pulled in ¥86.16 million in 2009, which ranked him second among his Diet peers. He shot to the top with ¥843.66 million in 2008 after selling off properties inherited from his father.
A Fukuoka native, Matsumoto has focused on human rights issues since he was elected in 1990, promoting help for minority groups in Japan. His grandfather Jiichiro, also a politician, is known as father of the liberation movement for "buraku" outcasts.
Growing up in a family of politicians, Matsumoto joined the Social Democratic Party of Japan. In 1980 he became a secretary for his father, Eiichi, who was then an Upper House lawmaker. He also participated in his family's construction business.
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