A native of
Kuma District, Kumamoto and graduate of
Waseda University, Kaneko was elected for the first time in 2000 as an independent. He later joined the LDP.
Conference of parliamentarians on the Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership (神道政治連盟国会議員懇談会) - NB: SAS a.k.a. Sinseiren, Shinto Political League, Shinto Seiji Renmei Kokkai Giin Kondankai
Conference to consider the true human rights (真の人権擁護を考える懇談会)
Conference of young parliamentarians supporting the idea that the
Yasukuni Shrine is a true national interest and desire for peace (平和を願い真の国益を考え靖国神社参拝を支持する若手国会議員の会)
Kaneko gave the following answers to the questionnaire submitted by Mainichi to parliamentarians in 2012:[3]
in favor of the revision of the Constitution
in favor of right of collective self-defense (revision of
Article 9)
in favor of reform of the National assembly (unicameral instead of bicameral)