was a Japanese politician.

Biography

Kosaka was born in the city of

Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ...

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

, on 12 March 1946. His father is Zentaro Kosaka, also a politician. Kenji Kosaka received a law degree from

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

in 1968. He worked in

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for

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between 1968 and 1984. Returning to Japan, he became secretary to

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in 1986. He was appointed minister of education on 31 October 2005. In 2005, he was elected to the

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for the sixth time, representing Nagano Prefecture. Kenji Kosaka is affiliated to the openly revisionist lobby

Nippon Kaigi The Right side up ...

.Major conservative nationalist organizations in Japan
" (Asia Policy Point - 2007) He died on 21 October 2016 of cancer.

References

External links

Official website
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