- Jirō Kawasaki
nihongo|Jirō Kawasaki|川崎二郎|Kawasaki Jirō|born
November 15 ,1947 is aJapan ese politician who served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi .Kawasaki was born in
Shiogama, Miyagi . His father and grandfather were both politicians.He attended
Keio University and graduated with a degree in Commerce. After several years working atMatsushita , Kawasaki won a seat in the House of Representatives, representingMie Prefecture in 1980.Kawasaki is a long-time rival of
Hiroshi Nakai of theDemocratic Party of Japan , and the two have repeatedly challenged each other for seats representing Mie in the Diet.He served as Minister of Transportation under
Keizo Obuchi , and later as Director of theHokkaido Development Agency . OnOctober 31 ,2005 ,Junichiro Koizumi chose Kawasaki to head the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.Quotes
"We must regret having given him (Horie) too much credit." "Asahi Shimbun"
January 25 2006
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