Seiken Sugiura
杉浦 正健
Minister of Justice
In office
31 October 2005 – 26 September 2006
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byChieko Nōno
Succeeded byJinen Nagase
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
7 May 2004 – 31 October 2005
Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi
Preceded byHiroyuki Hosoda
Succeeded byJinen Nagase
Personal details
Born (1934-07-26) July 26, 1934 (age 89)
Yahagi, Aichi
Alma materUniversity of Tokyo
Third Realigned Koizumi Cabinet
(2005-10-31)
SecretaryShinzō Abe
Internal AffairsHeizō Takenaka
JusticeSeiken Sugiura
Foreign AffairsTaro Aso
FinanceSadakazu Tanigaki
EducationKenji Kosaka
HealthJirō Kawasaki
AgricultureShoichi Nakagawa
EconomyToshihiro Nikai
LandKazuo Kitagawa
EnvironmentYuriko Koike
DefenseFukushiro Nukaga
Ministers of State

Seiken Sugiura (杉浦 正健 Sugiura Seiken, born July 26, 1934) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was named Minister of Justice[1] on October 31, 2005[2] and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Minister of Justice.[3]

He was defeated in the 2009 election by Yasuhiro Nakane, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He has remained engaged in discussions over the death penalty in Japan since leaving politics.[4] On October 3, 2015, he spoke at a World Day against the Death Penalty event in Tokyo, along with Hideo Hiraoka, who was justice minister under the Democratic Party of Japan.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Japan Housewives May Judge Killers as Lawyers Condemn Hangings". Bloomberg. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ Yoshida, Reiji Koizumi warns ministers following gaffe by Sugiura November 2, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
  3. ^ New justice minister still not sold on death penalty November 4, 2005 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
  4. ^ Death Penalty Pros and Cons August 5, 2012 Japan Times Retrieved October 4, 2015
  5. ^ 2 ex-justice ministers join anti-death penalty rally October 3, 2015 Mainichi Shimbun Retrieved October 4, 2015
House of Representatives of Japan Preceded byTakashi Sasagawa Chair, Lower House Committee on Judicial Affairs 1998–1999 Succeeded byTsutomu Takebe Political offices Preceded bySeishirō Etō, Kiyohiro Araki State Minister for Foreign Affairs 2001–2002 Served alongside: Shigeo Uetake Succeeded byToshimitsu Motegi, Tetsuro Yano Preceded byHiroyuki Hosoda Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary 2004–2005 Succeeded byJinen Nagase Preceded byChieko Nōno Minister of Justice of Japan 2005–2006 Succeeded byJinen Nagase


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