Toshio Ogawa

Vice President of the House of Councillors of JapanIn office
1 August 2019 – 3 August 2022PresidentAkiko SantōPreceded byAkira GunjiSucceeded byHiroyuki NagahamaMinister of JusticeIn office
13 January 2012 – 4 June 2012Prime MinisterYoshihiko NodaPreceded byHideo HiraokaSucceeded byMakoto TakiMember of House of CouncillorsAssumed office
26 July 1998ConstituencyTokyo Personal detailsBorn (1948-03-18) 18 March 1948 (age 76)
Tokyo, JapanPolitical partyCDPOther political
affiliationsAlma materRikkyo University

Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫, Ogawa Toshio, born 18 March 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Ogawa is a former Minister of Justice. A native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.

Political career

In 1996, he ran for a lower house seat with support from the Democratic Party of Japan, but failed. In 1998, he ran for an upper house election, and was elected. In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election. In 2012, he was appointed justice minister.^[1]

He was re-elected in 2004, 2010 and 2016, and is currently^[when?] the longest serving councillor from Tokyo. When the Democratic Party merged with Kibō no Tō to form the DPP in May 2018, Ogawa did not join the new party and decided to join the CDP instead.^[2]

References

External links

• (in Japanese) Official website

House of Councillors
Preceded by Toshiko Hamayotsu Kōichirō Ueda Kensaku Morita Kiyoko Ono	Councillor from Tokyo 26 July 1998–present Served alongside: Toshiko Hamayotsu, Miyo Inoue, Atsuo Nakamura, Masaharu Nakagawa, Renhō Murata, Yūji Sawa	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Kōichi Katō	Senior Vice Minister of Justice 2010–2011	Succeeded by Makoto Taki
Preceded by Hideo Hiraoka	Minister of Justice 13 January – 4 June 2012