Jōji Matsumoto

Jōji Matsumoto
松本烝治
Born(1877-10-14)October 14, 1877
Tokyo, Japan
DiedOctober 8, 1954(1954-10-08) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Burial placeTama Cemetery, Fuchū, Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Occupation(s)legal scholar, cabinet minister
Awards Order of the Rising Sun

Jōji Matsumoto (松本烝治, Matsumoto Jōji; 14 October 1877 – 8 October 1954) was a legal scholar, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. He is also the author of the “Matsumoto Draft”, a proposal for revision of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in the immediate post-war period.