Genichiro Sata

nihongo|Genichiro Sata|佐田 玄一郎|Sata Gen'ichirō|extra=born December 22, 1952 in Maebashi, Gunma is a Japanese politician that serves in the House of Representatives of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is presently the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. He was elected by the first district of the Japanse prefecture of Gunma. In 2005, he was the Chief Deputy Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party.

According to Kyodo News International, in 1999 he received 8 million yen in political donations from the construction company of his father by channeling the money through political organizations. Individual politicians in Japan are banned from receiving more than 500,000 a year until 1999, after which all corporate donations were banned, but there was no such ban on donations by political organizations. On 27 December 2006 he resigned as a result of this scandal from his position as state minister in charge of administrative reform, only 3 months after being appointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

External links

* [http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000050.html Profile] at JANJAN
* [http://www.sata-genichiro.jp/ The website of Genchiro Sata] . deadlink|date=August 2008
* [http://www.shugiin.go.jp/itdb_english.nsf/html/statics/english/officer.htm The House of Representatives of Japan's list of current officers] .
* [http://www.shugiin.go.jp/itdb_english.nsf/html/statics/member/mem_s.htm The House of Representatives of Japan's list of members by constituency] .
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2000_Oct_23/ai_66682990 "LDP's Sata received political funds via legal loophole". Kyodo News International, Inc. October 18, 2000.]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2005_May_31/ai_n13830796 "LEAD: Koizumi seeks cooperation from pro-Pyongyang group on N. Korea". Kyodo News International, Inc. May 31, 2005.]