was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Biography

Kawara was a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

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and graduate of

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, he was elected for the first time in 1972. In 1987, he assumed the post of Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (and again in 1999 to 2000). He resigned a year later after taking responsibility for the Nadashio incident. Kichirō Tazawa replaced him in the post. He was later appointed construction minister in the Hashimoto cabinet. He retired from politics in 2009. He died in

, in early January 2013 of

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References

2013 deaths 1937 births Chuo University alumni Politicians from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese defense ministers Ministers of Construction of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians 21st-century Japanese politicians People from Nanao, Ishikawa Deaths from pneumonia in Japan {{Japan-politician-1930s-stub