Seijuro Arafune
Seijuro Arafune 荒舩 清十郎 | |
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.jpg) Seijuro Arafune in 1953 | |
| Born | March 9, 1907 |
| Died | November 25, 1980 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Cabinet Minister |
Seijuro Arafune (荒舩清十郎, Arafune Seijūrō, March 9, 1907 - November 25, 1980) was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport 1966.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]He was born in Katashino village, Chichibu District, Saitama currently Chichibu, Saitama in 1907.[3]
- April 11, 1946 - November 24, 1980 Member of the House of Representatives
- August 1, 1966 - October 14, 1966 Minister of Transport
- January 14, 1970 - January 29, 1972 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives[4]
Comfort women
[edit]He made a public speech at his home constituency regarding the death toll of Comfort women in 1965:[2]
They (Korean) say Koreans were drafted by Japan during the war and taken from Korea to work, and those who worked well were used as soldiers, and 576,000 of those soldiers are now dead. There are claims that 142,000 Korean comfort women are dead, killed by the Japanese military's sexual abuses.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fukui, Haruhiro (1970). Party in Power: The Japanese Liberal-democrats and Policy-making. University of California Press. p. 69. ISBN 0520016467.
- ^ a b c "Number of Comfort Stations and Comfort Women". Asian Women's Fund.
- ^ 人事興信録 [Who's who 21st edition]. Jinji Kōshinsha. 1961.
- ^ "Speakers and Vice-Speakers of the House of Representatives". The House of Representatives Japan.
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