Toshio Ogawa
Japanese politician
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| Intro | Japanese politician | |
| Places | Japan | |
| is | Judge Politician Lawyer Prosecutor | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 18 March 1948, Nerima-ku | |
| Age | 76 years |
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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.
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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.