What is Yuichiro Hata?
[[File:Yūichirō Hata.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Yuichiro Hata'''|羽田 雄一郎|Hata Yūichirō|July 29, 1967 – December 27, 2020}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]. He was a member of the [[House of Councillors]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] from 1999 until his death. Hata was born in [[Tokyo]]. He was the [[Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)|Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] from June 4, 2012 until December 26, 2012 during the [[Yoshihiko Noda]] cabinet.<ref>Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet website [http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/noda/meibo/daijin/hata_e.html The Cabinet - Yuichiro Hata] Retrieved on August 15, 2012</ref> Hata was the son of Prime Minister [[Tsutomu Hata]]. Hata died in Tokyo on December 27, 2020 after being hospitalized with a [[fever]], aged 53.<ref name=death>[https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201227/k10012787611000.html 立民 羽田雄一郎元国交相が死去 53歳] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227155510/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201227/k10012787611000.html |date=2020-12-27 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> He was about to be [[COVID-19 testing|tested]] for [[COVID-19]] at the time of his death.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hata, Yuichiro}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Tokyo]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo]] [[Category:Ministers of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of Japan]] {{bio-stub}}