Tetsuzo Kojima Explained

Tetsuzo Kojima (29 September 1909 – 10 January 1988) was a Japanese jurist who served as the minister of justice briefly between July and December 1960.^[1]

Biography

He was born on 29 September 1909 in Hyogo prefecture.^[2] He was a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University where he received a bachelor's degree in law.^[2] He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and served in the executive committee of the party heading its judicial affairs committee.^{[2] [3]} He was appointed minister of justice on 19 July 1960 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, and served in the post until 8 December 1960.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Grant K Goodman. Felix Moos. The United States And Japan In The Western Pacific: Micronesia And Papua New Guinea. https://books.google.com/books?id=KE2fDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT205. 2019. Routledge. 978-1-00-030677-4. 205. New York; Abingdon. Japanese Policies and Perspectives in Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.
2. Book: Japan Report. 1960. Japan Information Center, Consulate General of Japan. 6.
3. Book: Watanabe Tsuneo. Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age. 2013. Lexington Books. 189. 978-0-7391-7390-9. Lanham, MD.
4. Book: Janet Hunter. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. 1984. University of California Press. 978-0-520-04390-9. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA; London. 306.