Mitsuo Matayoshi

Matayoshi in July 2010

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). (February 5, 1944 – July 20, 2018) was a Japanese political activist. He was known for his perennial candidacy for Mayor of Tokyo. He called himself The only God Matayoshi Mitsuo Jesus Christ (唯一神又吉光雄・イエス・キリスト) or Jesus Matayoshi (又吉イエス).^[1] He was a conservative politician. In 1997, he created the World Economic Community Party (世界経済共同体党), a political party based on his belief that he was God.

Matayoshi died from kidney cancer on 20 July 2018 in Tokyo, aged 74.^[2]

Mitsuo Matayoshi Media

Mitsuo Matayoshi campaigning in Tokyo, 2009.

References

↑ "From One God to the UFO Party, eccentric election campaigners are out of this world - Mainichi Daily News". Mainichi Daily News. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
↑ "党元代表逝去のお知らせ". World Economic Community Party. (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[1] "From One God to the UFO Party, eccentric election campaigners are out of this world - Mainichi Daily News". Mainichi Daily News. 27 October 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[2] "党元代表逝去のお知らせ". World Economic Community Party. (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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