Kōzō Igarashi
was a Japanese politician from Asahikawa, Hokkaido. He was the mayor of Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Asahikawa City from 1963 to 1974, member of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives, Ministry of Construction (Japan), construction minister in the Hosokawa Cabinet from 1993 to 1994, and Cabinet Secretariat (Japan), chief Cabinet secretary in the Murayama Cabinet, government of Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama from 1994 to 1995. In 1975 and 1979, Igarashi ran for governor of Hokkaidō as a united front candidate (Japanese Socialist Party, JSP, Japanese Communist Party, JCP, Kōmeitō), but lost both elections to incumbent Naohiro Dōgakinai. Death On May 7, 2013, he died of pneumonia at age 87. References

1926 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Japanese politicians Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class Politicians from Hokkaido Mayors of places in Hokkaido Deaths from pneumonia in Japan People from Asahikawa {{Japan-politician-192 ...
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