What is Yoshio Mochizuki?
[[File:Yoshio Mochizuki.jpg|thumb|Mochizuki in 2014]] {{nihongo|'''Yoshio Mochizuki'''|望月 義夫|Mochizuki Yoshio|extra=2 May 1947 – 19 December 2019}} was a [[Japan]]ese politician. He was a member of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]]. He served as a member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] (national legislature) from 1996 to 2009, and from 2011 until his death in 2019. He was also [[Minister of the Environment (Japan)|Minister of the Environment]] from 2014 to 2015. He was a native of [[Shimizu, Shizuoka]] and a [[graduate]] of [[Chuo University]]. Mochizuki died on 19 December 2019 at a hospital in Shimizu, Shizuoka of [[liver failure]]. He was 72.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20191219/amp/k10012220771000.html|title=望月義夫元環境相が死去 72歳|date=19 December 2019|access-date=19 December 2019|publisher=NHK|lang=ja}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://japan.kantei.go.jp/96_abe/meibo/daijin/mochizuki_e.html Yoshio Mochizuki] at [[Prime Minister of Japan|japan.kantei.go.jp]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Mochizuki, Yoshio}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians]] [[Category:People from Shizuoka Prefecture]] [[Category:Deaths from liver failure]] [[Category:Environment ministers of Japan]] {{bio-stub}}