Toshio Ogawa

Toshio Ogawa
小川 敏夫
Official portrait, 2011
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office
1 August 2019  3 August 2022
PresidentAkiko Santō
Preceded byAkira Gunji
Succeeded byHiroyuki Nagahama
Minister of Justice
In office
13 January 2012  4 June 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byHideo Hiraoka
Succeeded byMakoto Taki
Member of House of Councillors
In office
26 July 1998  25 July 2022
Preceded byKiyoko Ono
Succeeded byTaro Yamamoto
ConstituencyTokyo at-large
Personal details
Born (1948-03-18) 18 March 1948
Nerima, Tokyo, Japan
Political partyCDP (since 2018)
Other political
affiliations
Alma materRikkyo University
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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.