Yukio Takano Explained

Yukio Takano
Birth Date:1937 12, df=y
Birth Place:Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Death Place:Minami-Nagasaki, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Profession:Businessman
Education:Rikkyo University
Party:LDP
Office2:Member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Term Start2:23 July 1989
Term End2:March 1999
Office:Mayor of Toshima
Term Start:27 April 1999
Term End:9 February 2023

Yukio Takano (Japanese: 高野之夫 Takano Yukio; 25 December 1937 – 9 February 2023) was a Japanese businessman and politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Biography

He served in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly from 1989 to 1999. He was also mayor of Toshima from 1999 to 2023.[1]

Takano died of COVID-19 in Tokyo on 9 February 2023, at the age of 85.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: 27 April 2015. 豊島区長選 高野さんが5選 庁舎跡地活用など「区政にまい進」. dead. https://archive.today/20150504134403/http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/tokyo/20150427/CK2015042702000189.html. 4 May 2015. Japanese. Tokyo Shimbun. 11 February 2023.
  2. News: 9 February 2023. 東京・豊島区長の高野之夫氏が死去、85歳…コロナ感染後に体調不良. Japanese. Yomiuri Shimbun. 11 February 2023.