Okinori Kaya

Okinori Kaya (賀屋 興宣, Kaya Okinori, January 30, 1889 – May 9, 1977) was the Minister of Finance of Japan between 1941 and 1944. In 1945, he was captured by the Allies, tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. Paroled in 1955, he later served as Minister of Justice from 1963 until 1964.

Okinori Kaya
Minister of Justice
In office 18 July 1963 – 18 July 1964
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Kunio Nakagaki
Succeeded by	Hitoshi Takahashi
Minister of Finance
In office 18 October 1941 – 19 February 1944
Prime Minister	Hideki Tojo
Preceded by	Masatsune Ogura
Succeeded by	Sotaro Ishiwata
In office 4 June 1937 – 26 May 1938
Prime Minister	Fumimaro Konoe
Preceded by	Toyotarō Yūki
Succeeded by	Shigeaki Ikeda
Finance Secretary
In office 2 February 1937 – 4 June 1937
Prime Minister	Senjūrō Hayashi
Preceded by	Takao Kawagoe
Succeeded by	Sotaro Ishiwata
Personal details
Born	30 January 1889 Hiroshima, Japan
Died	9 May 1977(1977-05-09) (aged 88) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

In Kaya's obituary, Time magazine quoted him as saying that communism means only a dog's life.[1]