Ryuichi Doi Explained

Ryuichi Doi
Native Name:土肥隆一
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:11 February 1939
Birth Place:Keijō, Chōsen, Empire of Japan
Death Place:Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
Alma Mater:Tokyo Union Theological Seminary
Occupation:Pastor, political secretary
Otherparty:Japan Socialist Party (1990–1996)
Democratic Reform Party (1996?–1998)
Democratic Party of Japan
Independent
Shoshii (Fourth Rank)
Order of the Rising Sun
Office:Member of the House of Representatives
District:Hyōgo District 1
Hyōgo District 3 (1996–2005), (2009–2012)
Kinki PR block (2005–2009)

was a Japanese politician, in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Seoul, when Korea was under Japanese rule. He attended Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, earning a master's degree. In 1990 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.[1] [2]

In April 2014, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon.

During his lifetime, he was an active pastor for the United Church of Christ in Japan, and preached at the Wada Mountains Salt Mission, which was attached to Keiseien (Asago City, Hyogo Prefecture), a support facility for people with disabilities under the umbrella of a social welfare corporation, of which he served as chairman.

He passed away at 12:30 p.m. on January 22, 2016 at a hospital in Kobe.[3]  He was 76 years old. He was posthumously awarded the rank of Shoshii.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 元衆院議員の土肥隆一牧師召天、76歳. クリスチャントゥデイ. Japanese.
  2. Web site: http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008401.html . ja:政治家情報 〜土肥 隆一〜 . ザ・選挙 . . 2007-10-07 . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071203100831/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0008/00008401.html . 2007-12-03 .
  3. http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=pol_30&k=2016012600454 土肥隆一氏死去(元民主党衆院議員) : 時事ドットコム(時事通信)
  4. 官報』第6722号(平成28年2月25日付)9頁