, was a politician and cabinet minister in Japan, serving once as a member of the

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of the pre-war

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, and three times as a member of the post-war House of Councillors. He also held cabinet-level posts three times.

Biography

Ino was born in Nihonbashi-ku, a former administration division of

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that is now part of

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, and was educated at the

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, following which he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. He was hired as a bureaucrat in the

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, eventually hiring to become director of the

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bureau. With the establishment of the ''Kikakuin'' in 1937, Ino became vice-chairman in charge of irrigation. In June 1941, he joined the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry under the 2nd Konoe administration. He concurrently held the portfolio of Minister of Colonial Affairs, until that post was abolished under the Tōjō administration in 1942. In the 1942 General Election, Ino was elected to the Lower House as a representative from

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, with the backing of the '' Taisei Yokusankai '' political party. However, Ino was later chairman of the ''Gokoku Dōshikai'', a political group founded in March 1945 with the aim of toppling Tōjō and one-party rule, and opening negotiations for an end to

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. After the

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, as with all other former government ministers, Ino was purged from public office and arrested by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers to stand trial for Class-A war crimes. He shared a cell in

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with

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, but his case never came to trial and he was released on parole. Following the end of

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, Ino ran for public office again in the 1953 General Election with the support of the Liberal Party and was elected to a seat in the House of Councillors of the post-war Diet of Japan, from Mie Prefecture. He was subsequently re-elected twice from the same district under the Liberal-Democratic Party ticket. Ino was a member of the faction led by

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. In 1959, after Kishi became

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he was to accept the position of Minister of Justice in his second cabinet. In 1965, Ino was awarded the 1st class of the

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and in 1973 he was awarded the 1st class of the

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. Ino published his memoirs in 1978. Ino died in 1980. His grave is at the Tama Cemetery in Fuchū, Tokyo.Tama Cemetery official home page
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ino, Hiroya 1891 births 1980 deaths Government ministers of Japan Kaisei Academy alumni Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Liberal Party (Japan, 1945) politicians Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan) Politicians from Tokyo Imperial Rule Assistance Association politicians Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure University of Tokyo alumni