Shinjirō Yamamura
Shinjirō Yamamura XI. ( Japanese 十 一代 目 山村 新 治郎 Jūichidaime Yamamura Shinjirō ; born April 28, 1933 in Katori , Chiba Prefecture ; † April 12, 1992 ) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Shūgiin for the 2nd constituency of Chiba .
biography
Member of the Shūgiin
Shinjirō Yamamura XI. was born on April 28, 1933 as the son of the head of the authority for administrative supervision ( 行政管理 庁 Gyōsei-kanri-chō ) under Hayato Ikeda and MPs Shinjirō Yamamura X. (1908-1964). He broke off his studies in political science at Gakushūin University and became his father's secretary. In 1964, Yamamura was elected to Shūgiin for the 2nd constituency of Chiba, succeeding his late father.
In March 1970 Yamamura was in connection with a hijacking of a Boeing 727 of Japan Airlines held hostage. Japan Airlines Flight 351 from Tokyo-Haneda to Fukuoka , hijacked by a group of members of the Japanese Red Army , was flown to Seoul on March 31, 1970 . Yamamura was at that time under Satō Eisaku Deputy Minister of Transport . He traveled to Seoul and asked the kidnappers to release all passengers. In return, he offered himself up as a hostage. After that happened, the kidnappers flew with him to communist Pyongyang , where he was released. In Japan, Yamamura gained considerable popularity as a result of this incident.
minister
In the second Nakasone cabinet , he was Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from December 1983 to November 1984 . From June to August 1989 he was also Minister of Transport in the UN cabinet . In the Miyazawa cabinet he was from November 1991 until his death chairman of the budget committee of the Shūgiin ( 衆議院 予 算 委員長 Shūgiin yosan iinchō ).
death
Yamamura was on 12 April 1992 by his mentally disturbed daughter Kiriyo with a Deba stabbed. He would have traveled to Pyongyang a few days later to meet the leader of the left-wing extremist group that held him hostage in 1970. After this incident, the Yamamura family decided to withdraw from politics, which is why Shinjirō Yamamura's son Akira did not run in the 1993 Shūgiin election . Kiriyo Yamamura committed suicide in 1996 before her sentence was announced.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yamamura, Shinjirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 山村 新 治郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Katori |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1992 |