Riki Kawara

Riki Kawara
瓦 力
Official portrait, 1997
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
In office
5 October 1999 – 4 July 2000
Prime MinisterKeizō Obuchi
Preceded byHosei Norota
Succeeded byKazuo Torashima
In office
6 November 1987 – 24 August 1988
Prime MinisterNoboru Takeshita
Preceded byKurihara Yoshiyuki
Succeeded byKichirō Tazawa
Minister of Construction
In office
11 September 1997 – 30 July 1998
Prime MinisterRyutaro Hashimoto
Preceded byShizuka Kamei
Succeeded byKatsutsugu Sekiya
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
(Political affairs)
In office
17 July 1980 – 30 November 1981
Prime MinisterZenkō Suzuki
Preceded byKoichi Kato
Succeeded byYukihiko Ikeda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
10 December 1972 – 21 July 2009
ConstituencyIshikawa 2nd (1972–1996)
Ishikawa 3rd (1996–2005)
Hokuriku-Shin'etsu PR (2005–2009)
Personal details
Born(1937-04-01)1 April 1937
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
Died13 January 2013(2013-01-13) (aged 75)
Nanao, Ishikawa, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Alma materChuo University

Tsutomu Kawara (瓦 力, Kawara Tsutomu, 1 April 1937 – 13 January 2013) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Biography

Kawara was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).[1] A native of Nanao, Ishikawa and graduate of Chuo University, he was elected for the first time in 1972. In 1987, he assumed the post of Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (and again in 1999 to 2000). He resigned a year later after taking responsibility for the Nadashio incident.[1][2] Kichirō Tazawa replaced him in the post.[2]

He was later appointed construction minister in the Hashimoto cabinet.[1] He retired from politics in 2009. He died in Nanao, Ishikawa, in early January 2013 of pneumonia.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 瓦力元防衛庁長官が死去 なだしお事故で辞任. Kyodo News (in Japanese). 47 News. 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Japan's Military Chief Quits". Los Angeles Times. 25 August 1988. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Former Defense Agency chief Kawara dies". Kyodo News. January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.


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