Toshio Ogawa

Toshio Ogawa
小川 敏夫
at the Science Museum, Tokyo on June 3, 2011
Minister of Justice
In office 13 January 2012 – 4 June 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Hideo Hiraoka
Succeeded by	Makoto Taki
Personal details
Born	18 March 1948 Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	Rikkyo University

Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫 Ogawa Toshio, born March 18, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) and the Minister of Justice since January 2012. A native of Nerima, Tokyo and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.

Political career

Toshio Ogawa (at the Central Government Building No.6 on January 13, 2012)

In 1996, he ran for a lower house election with a support from the Democratic Party of Japan, but failed. In 1998, he ran for an upper house election, and was elected. In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election. In 2012 he was appointed justice minister.^[1]

References

1. Matsutani, Minoru, "Justice minister feels signing off on hangings just part of job description", Japan Times, 1 February 2012, p. 3.

• 政治家情報 〜小川 敏夫〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-25. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• (Japanese) Official website