What is Yoshito Sengoku?
[[File:Yoshito Sengoku - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2010.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Yoshito Sengoku'''|仙谷 由人|Sengoku Yoshito|extra=January 15, 1946 – October 11, 2018}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]]. He was in the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] (national legislature) as a member of the [[Democratic Party of Japan]]. He was born in [[Tokushima, Tokushima]] prefecture. He was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the [[Japan Socialist Party]]. He was an ally of [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]] [[Naoto Kan]]. From November 2010 until his firing in January 2011, he was [[Minister of Justice (Japan)|Minister of Justice]]. In March 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Yoshito Sengoku as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78961.html|title=Kan brings Sengoku back into gov't to deal with nuke crisis|publisher=Kyodo News English|date=March 17, 2011|access-date=March 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320225028/http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/78961.html|archive-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref> He lost his seat in the December 16, 2012 [[Japanese general election, 2012|general election]].<ref>[[Japan Times]] [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121218a4.html Nothing left for the election-gutted DPJ to do but rebuild December 18, 2012]</ref> Sengoku died on October 11, 2018 in [[Tokyo]] from [[lung cancer]], aged 72.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181016/p2g/00m/0fp/083000c |title=Sengoku, ex-Cabinet member under DPJ administration, dies at 72 |access-date=2018-10-17 |archive-date=2018-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103184942/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20181016/p2g/00m/0fp/083000c |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://y-sengoku.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216173241/http://y-sengoku.com