Masahiko Kōmura (高村 正彦, Kōmura Masahiko, born 15 March 1942) is a Japanese political activist, full-time staff and former Vice-President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999 and again from 2007 to 2008, and he is a member of the House of Representatives for Yamaguchi 1st district.
[2] After graduation, Kōmura passed Japan's bar exam and then immediately entered politics.
[5] He remained in that post until he was replaced by Hirofumi Nakasone in the Cabinet of Tarō Asō, appointed on 24 September 2008.
[7] Kōmura is also the President of the Japan-China Friendship Parliamentarians' Union.