Kakichi Kawarada

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Kakichi Kawarada
Tokyo Imperial University
Occupation(s)Politician, Cabinet Minister

Kakichi Kawarada (河原田 稼吉, Kawarada Kakichi, 13 January 1886 – 22 January 1955) was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early

Shōwa period Japan
.

Biography

Kawarada was born in

Meiji government and expert in fisheries science who was later an aide to the Konoe family
.

After his graduation in 1909 from the law school of

Home Ministry. He rose rapidly within the ministry, serving as Bureau Director for Social Welfare, and Bureau Director for Labor Affairs. He subsequently served as General-Secretary to the Governor-General of Taiwan, and Director of the Transportation Ministry of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Under the Inukai administration, he was Cabinet Under-Secretary. It was around this time that he became affiliated with the Rikken Seiyūkai political party, although he was also very close to Fumimaro Konoe
due to his family ties.

In 1937, Kawarada was appointed Home Minister in the Hayashi administration at the urging of Konoe. From January 1938 until May 1946, he served in the House of Peers . In 1939, Kawarada was selected as

Abe Noriyuki
administration. During
American occupation authorities
.

However, in the

Taitō, Tokyo
.

References

  • Garon, Sheldon. The State and Labor In Modern Japan. University of California Press (2004).
  • Hunter, Janet. A Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History . University of California Press (1994).

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Notes

Political offices
Preceded by Education Minister
30 August 1939 – 16 January 1940
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Home Minister

2 February 1937 – 4 June 1937
Succeeded by