What is Hosei Norota?
[[File:Hōsei Norota.jpg|thumb|200px|Norota in 1999]] {{nihongo|'''Hosei Norota'''|野呂田 芳成|Norota Hōsei|25 October 1929 – 23 May 2019}} was a [[Japan]]ese politician. He was a member of the [[People's New Party]]. He served in the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]] in the [[Diet of Japan|Diet]] (national legislature). He was the Director-General of the national [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Defense Agency]] from 1998 to 1999. From 1995 to 1996, he served as the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries]] in [[Tomiichi Murayama]]'s cabinet. He was born in [[Noshiro, Akita|Noshiro]], [[Akita Prefecture|Akita]]. Norota died of [[bladder cancer]] on 23 May 2019 in [[Tokyo]]. He was 89.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190524/p2g/00m/0dm/059000cF|title=Former Japanese defense chief Norota dies at 89|newspaper=Mainichi Shimbun|date=24 May 2019|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630232939/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190524/p2g/00m/0dm/059000c|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Norota, Hosei}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Ministers of agriculture, forestry and fisheries of Japan]] [[Category:People from Akita Prefecture]] {{Bio-stub}}