Toranosuke Katayama

Toranosuke Katayama (片山 虎之助, Katayama Toranosuke, born 2 August 1935) is a Japanese politician who has held multiple different cabinet posts. He is a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and was co-president of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japanese: Japan Restoration Party; JPR) alongside Ichirō Matsui from 2016 to 2021.

The native form of this personal name is Katayama Toranosuke. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Toranosuke Katayama
片山 虎之助
Katayama in January 2001
President of Nippon Ishin no Kai
In office
23 August 2016 – 26 November 2021
Serving with Ichirō Matsui
Preceded byTōru Hashimoto
Succeeded byNobuyuki Baba
Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications
In office
6 January 2001 – 22 September 2003
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Junichiro Koizumi
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byTarō Asō
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKozo Hirabayashi
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byTsukasa Nishida
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Commissioner of the Management and Coordinationn Agency
In office
5 December 2000 – 6 January 2001
Prime MinisterYoshirō Mori
Preceded byKunihiro Tsuzuki
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Member of the House of Councillors
In office
24 July 1989 – 28 July 2007
Preceded byMutsuo Kimura
Succeeded byYumiko Himei
ConstituencyOkayama
In office
26 July 2010 – 25 July 2022
ConstituencyNational PR
Personal details
Born (1935-08-02) 2 August 1935
Kasaoka, Okayama, Japan
Political partyNippon Ishin no Kai
Other political
affiliations
List
RelationsYoshinobu Ishikawa (Brother-in-law)
ChildrenDaisuke Katayama
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo (L.L.B.)

Early life and education

Katayama was born in Okayama Prefecture on 2 August 1935.[1] He graduated from the University of Tokyo's faculty of law in March 1958.[2]

Career

Katayama began his career at the agency of Home Affairs in April 1958. He became vice governor of Okayama Prefecture in April 1985. He was elected to the House of Councilors in July 1989, being a member of the LDP.[1] He was elected to the House for the second term in July 1995, for the third term in July 2001 and for the fourth term in July 2001.[2]

In the LDP, Katayama was part of the faction headed by Ryutaro Hashimoto[3][4] and then of the Tsushima faction at the beginning of the 2002s.[5]

After holding different roles in the House, he was appointed minister of posts and telecommunications, minister of home affairs, and also, director-general of the management and coordination agency in December 2000.[1] In January 2001, Katayama was named as the minister for public management, home affairs, posts and telecommunications.[1] On 8 February 2002, Katayama was appointed minister of public management in the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.[3] He retained his post in the cabinet reshuffle on 8 December 2002.[6] Later he became secretary general of the LDP in the upper house in July 2004.[2][7] Until 2007 Katayama was the number two or deputy leader of the party's upper house group and also, the leader of its campaign strategy.[8] Katayama lost his seat in the upper house in the 2007 election.[8]

Katayama left the LDP when the party set an age limit of 70 for candidates in the House of Councillors proportional representation bloc election in 2010.[9] As a result, he joined the now-defunct Tachiagare Nippon.[10] He was reelected to the upper house for the fifth term in July 2010 for the Tachiagare Nippon.[2] He was also the secretary-general of the House of Councillors of the party.[2] Next he became a member of the JPR, which was led jointly by Tōru Hashimoto and Shintaro Ishihara.[10] He began to represent the party at the House and is a member of the House's committee on general affairs.[2]

After the JRP disbanded, he joined the Japan Innovation Party. On 2 September 2015, he joined Initiatives from Osaka.[11]

References
  1. "Toranosuke Katayama". Kantei. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. "List of the members". House of Councillors. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. "Koizumi Cabinet". The Daily Yomiuri. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. "LDP candidates' lip-service to Koizumi goes only so far". The Japan Times. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. "Koizumi 2001-03". University of California at Irvine. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. "Six Fresh Faces in Prime Minister's New Team". Web Japan. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  7. "Time to discuss shrine's fate: LDP's Katayama". The Japan Times. 21 August 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  8. Hisane Masaki (1 August 2007). "Japan Poll: Winners and Losers". Ohmy News. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  9. Maeki Riichiro (15 April 2010). "Is there a 'silver lining' in Sunrise party". Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  10. Reiji Yoshida (15 December 2012). "Can LDP take Upper House as well?". The Japan Times. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  11. Ishin’s Katayama to join Hashimoto’s planned new party The Japan Times. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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