was a Japanese politician of the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic ...

. He was Minister of Agriculture. He lost his seat in the 16 December 2012 general election. Kano was born in Yamagata. He graduated from

Gakushuin University is a private university in Mejiro, Toshima Ward, Tokyo. It was re-established after World War II as an affiliate of the Gakushūin School Corporation. The privatized successor to the original Gakushūin University (or "Peers School") was estab ...

. After period of illness, Michihiko Kano died on 21 October 2021 in a hospital in Yamagata City; he was 79.

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1942 births 2021 deaths Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan Democratic Party of Japan politicians Politicians from Yamagata Prefecture Gakushuin University alumni 21st-century Japanese politicians {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub