What is Okiharu Yasuoka?
[[File:OkiharuYasuoka.jpg|thumb|210px|Yasuoka in April 2017]] {{nihongo|'''Okiharu Yasuoka'''|保岡 興治|Yasuoka Okiharu|extra=11 May 1939 &ndash; 19 April 2019}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]] and [[lawyer]]. He was a member of the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP). He served as a member of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] (national [[legislature]]) from 1972 to 2017. He also served two terms as the [[Ministry of Justice (Japan)|Minister of Justice]] in 2000 and 2008. He was born in [[Chiyoda, Tokyo]] and grew up in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]. Yasuoka died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 19 April 2019 at a [[hospital]] in [[Tokyo]]. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/20/national/former-japanese-justice-minister-okiharu-yasuoka-dies-79/|title=Former Japanese Justice Minister Okiharu Yasuoka dies at 79|work=The Japan Times|publisher=Kyodo News|date=20 April 2019|access-date=20 April 2019|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190430135006/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/04/20/national/former-japanese-justice-minister-okiharu-yasuoka-dies-79/%23.XMhSZNLLfK4|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.yasuoka.org/}} {{Small|{{in lang|ja}}}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yasuoka, Okiharu}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Japan]] [[Category:Japanese lawyers]] [[Category:People from Kagoshima Prefecture]] [[Category:Politicians from Tokyo]] [[Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians]] [[Category:Ministers of justice of Japan]]