Masatoshi Kurata | |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1939 |
Birth Place: | Shimizu, Shizuoka |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Occupation: | Politician |
Known For: | Member of the House of Representatives in the Diet |
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shimizu, Shizuoka, and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996. He died of cancer in 2016.[1]