Shinji Satō (佐藤信二 ''Satō Shinji'', February 8, 1932 – May 3, 2016) was a Japanese politician who was

minister of transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

from 1988 to 1989, and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 1996 to 1997. He was also a member of the

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from 1974 to 1979, and a member of the

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from 1979 to 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005. He was member of the

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. A member of the Satō-Kishi-Abe family, he was the second son of Prime Minister

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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 House of Councillors in 1974, two years after his father left office as prime minister. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1979. Satō served as minister of transport under Prime Minister

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. In 1996 he became the minister of international trade and industry, a very powerful position. This time he served under Prime Minister

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. His son-in-law,

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worked for him from 2003 to 2004. Masashi Adachi currently serves in the

, and formerly worked as an aide for his cousin-in-law, Eisaku's grandnephew,

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. Satō announced in 2012 that he had a document signed between his father and U.S. president

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that would allow American nuclear weapons to be brought to Okinawa in emergencies.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Shinji 2016 deaths 1932 births Politicians from Yamaguchi Prefecture Satō–Kishi–Abe family Keio University alumni Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun Ministers of transport of Japan 20th-century Japanese politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Children of prime ministers of Japan

Biography

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