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Shinji Satō (politician)
Shinji Satō (佐藤 信二 ''Satō Shinji'', February 8, 1932 – May 3, 2016) was a Japanese politician who was minister of transport from 1988 to 1989, and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1996 to 1997. He was also a member of the House of Councillors from 1974 to 1979, and a member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ... from 1979 to 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005. He was member of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party. A member of the Satō-Kishi-Abe family, he was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Satō. Biography Satō was the second son of Eisaku Satō and his wife . His older brother was Ryūtarō. Satō followed his father into politics. He was first elected to the Japanese Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of International Trade And Industry
The was a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industrial policy, funding research and directing investment. In 2001, MITI was merged with other agencies during the 2001 Central Government Reform, Central Government Reform to form the newly created Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). History MITI was created with the split of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Japan), Ministry of Commerce and Industry in May 1949 and given the mission for coordinating international trade policy with other groups, such as the Bank of Japan, the Economic Planning Agency, and the various commerce-related Cabinet (government), cabinet ministries. At the time it was created, Japan was still recovering from the economic disaster of World War II. With inflation rising and productivity failing to kee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
