| Seiken Sugiura | |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | Minister of Justice |
| Primeminister: | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Term Start: | 31 October 2005 |
| Term End: | 26 September 2006 |
| Predecessor: | Chieko Nōno |
| Successor: | Jinen Nagase |
| Office1: | Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (Political affairs, House of Representatives) |
| Primeminister1: | Junichiro Koizumi |
| Term Start1: | 7 May 2004 |
| Term End1: | 31 October 2005 |
| Predecessor1: | Hiroyuki Hosoda |
| Successor1: | Jinen Nagase |
| Office2: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Constituency2: | Aichi 12th |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency established |
| Successor2: | Yasuhiro Nakane |
| Term Start2: | 21 October 1996 |
| Term End2: | 21 July 2009 |
| Constituency3: | Aichi 4th |
| Term Start3: | 8 July 1986 |
| Term End3: | 18 June 1993 |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Yahagi, Aichi, Japan |
| Alma Mater: | University of Tokyo |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic |
Seiken Sugiura (杉浦 正健 Sugiura Seiken, born July 26, 1934) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was named Minister of Justice[1] on October 31, 2005[2] and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Minister of Justice.[3]
He was defeated in the 2009 election by Yasuhiro Nakane, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He has remained engaged in discussions over the death penalty in Japan since leaving politics.[4] On October 3, 2015, he spoke at a World Day against the Death Penalty event in Tokyo, along with Hideo Hiraoka, who was justice minister under the Democratic Party of Japan.[5]
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