What is Michihiko Kano?
[[File:Michihiko Kano (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] {{Nihongo|'''Michihiko Kano'''|鹿野道彦|Kano Michihiko|24 January 1942 – 21 October 2021}} was a [[Japan|Japanese]] [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]. He was [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 2010 until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michihiko Kano - Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries|url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/kan/meibo/daijin/kano_e.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=japan.kantei.go.jp|archive-date=4 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704175038/https://japan.kantei.go.jp/kan/meibo/daijin/kano_e.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19671353|title=Japan's PM Yoshihiko Noda wins party leadership vote|date=21 September 2012|accessdate=21 September 2012|work=[[BBC News Online]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922005240/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19671353|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=鹿野道彦元衆議院議員が死去 自民・民主両政権で農相など歴任|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211022/k10013317411000.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2021|website=|publisher=Japan Broadcasting Corporation|language=ja|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022043920/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211022/k10013317411000.html}}</ref> He was a member of the [[National Diet]] from 1976 until 1979 and again from 2005 until 2012. Kano was born in [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://info.japantimes.co.jp/cabinet/cabinet.html?formed=20100608_01&date=&member=23|title=Michihiko Kano — MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES &#124; Kan Cabinet &#124; the Japan Times|access-date=2021-10-22|archive-date=2022-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523100840/https://info.japantimes.co.jp/cabinet/?formed=20100608_01&date=&member=23|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 21 October 2