Daizō Nozawa | |
Office1: | Minister of Justice |
Primeminister1: | Junichirō Koizumi |
Term Start1: | 22 September 2003 |
Term End1: | 27 September 2004 |
Predecessor1: | Mayumi Moriyama |
Successor1: | Chieko Nōno |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1933 |
Birth Place: | Tatsuno, Nagano, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
is a politician of Japan who served as the Justice Minister of Japan from 2003 to 2004.[1]
Nozawa graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor of civil engineering degree and joined Japanese National Railways in 1956. During his career at JNR, he obtained the degree of Ph.D. He was first elected as a member of the House of Councillors in 1986.[1] He served as a member of the house until 2004 when he did not run for reelection.
Currently, he is the leader of the Japan-Korea Tunnel Research Institute, an organization trying to create a tunnel link between Japan and South Korea.[2]