Toshio Kimura

Toshio Kimura
Toshio Kimura
	木村俊夫
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 16 July 1974 – 9 December 1974
Prime Minister	Kakuei Tanaka
Preceded by	Masayoshi Ohira
Succeeded by	Kiichi Miyazawa
Head of the Economic Planning Agency
	In office; 5 July 1971 – 7 July 1972
Prime Minister	Eisaku Satō
Preceded by	Ichiro Sato
Succeeded by	Kiichi Arita
Chief Cabinet Secretary
	In office; 22 June 1967 – 30 November 1968
Prime Minister	Eisaku Satō
Preceded by	Kenji Fukunaga
Succeeded by	Shigeru Hori
Personal details
Born	15 January 1909; Tōin, Japan
Died	1 December 1983 (aged 74); Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Toshio Kimura (木村俊夫, Kimura Toshio, 15 January 1909 – 1 December 1983) was a Japanese politician who served as foreign minister for six months in 1974.

Early life

Kimura was born into a politically active family on 15 January 1909.[1] His father and grandfather were both lawmakers.[2]

Career

Kimura was elected to the House of Representatives for 12 times as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).[2] In addition, he served as chief cabinet secretary in the cabinet of then prime minister Eisaku Satō.[2] He was also chairman of the Parliamentarians' League for Japan-Palestine Friendship.[2] He organized late Yasser Arafat's visit to Japan in 1981.[3]

His other posts include director-general of the economic planning agency and deputy chief cabinet secretary. In 1971, Kimura served as acting foreign minister.[4] He was appointed foreign minister by then prime minister Kakuei Tanaka in mid-July 1974, replacing Masayoshi Ohira.[5] Kimura was in office for six months in 1974.[2] Kimura visited Africa in late October and early November 1974, which was a beginning of cooperation between African countries and Japan.[6][7] He was the first senior Japanese government official to visit African countries.[8] His Africa visit included Ghana, Nigeria, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Tanzania, and Egypt.[7][9] Then Kimura became head of the LDP's Asian-African Studies Group in 1977.[10]

Personal life

Kimura was married and had a daughter.[2]

Death

Kimura died of a heart attack at a hospital in Tokyo on 1 December 1983. He was 74.[2]

Honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (3 November 1983)

References

"Foreign ministers of Japan". Rulers. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
"Toshio Kimura Dies; Former Tokyo Official". The New York Times. Tokyo. AP. 3 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
"Toshio Kimura". Toledo Blade. 1 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
Jacob Bercovitch; Kwei-Bo Huang; Chung-Chian Teng. Conflict management, security and intervention in East Asia: third-party mediation in regional conflict. Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-134-14102-9. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
"Tanaka reshuffles Japanese cabinet". Daytona Beach Morning. Tokyo. AP. 17 July 1974. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
"Chapter 2. Diplomatic Efforts Made by Japan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
Hideo, Oda (Winter 2002). "Japan-Africa Relations in the Twenty-first Century" (PDF). Gaiko Forum: 42–46. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
Murray, Geoffrey (30 March 1981). "'Independent' Japan begins to build better ties with black Africa". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
Jun Morikawa (1997). Japan and Africa: Big Business and Diplomacy. Hurst. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85065-141-3. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
Sueo Sudō (1992). The Fukuda Doctrine and ASEAN: New Dimensions in Japanese Foreign Policy. Institute of Southeast Asian. p. 124. ISBN 978-981-3016-14-9. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

Political offices
Preceded by Kenji Fukunaga	Chief Cabinet Secretary 1967–1968	Succeeded by Shigeru Hori
Preceded by Ichiro Sato	Head of the Economic Planning Agency 1971–1972	Succeeded by Kiichi Arita
Preceded by Masayoshi Ōhira	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1974	Succeeded by Kiichi Miyazawa

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[rulersfm-1] "Foreign ministers of Japan". Rulers. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

[nyt83-2] "Toshio Kimura Dies; Former Tokyo Official". The New York Times. Tokyo. AP. 3 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[3] "Toshio Kimura". Toledo Blade. 1 December 1983. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[Teng-4] Jacob Bercovitch; Kwei-Bo Huang; Chung-Chian Teng. Conflict management, security and intervention in East Asia: third-party mediation in regional conflict. Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-134-14102-9. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[5] "Tanaka reshuffles Japanese cabinet". Daytona Beach Morning. Tokyo. AP. 17 July 1974. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[6] "Chapter 2. Diplomatic Efforts Made by Japan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[hideo-7] Hideo, Oda (Winter 2002). "Japan-Africa Relations in the Twenty-first Century" (PDF). Gaiko Forum: 42–46. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[murray-8] Murray, Geoffrey (30 March 1981). "'Independent' Japan begins to build better ties with black Africa". The CS Monitor. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

[Morikawa1997-9] Jun Morikawa (1997). Japan and Africa: Big Business and Diplomacy. Hurst. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-85065-141-3. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[Sudō1992-10] Sueo Sudō (1992). The Fukuda Doctrine and ASEAN: New Dimensions in Japanese Foreign Policy. Institute of Southeast Asian. p. 124. ISBN 978-981-3016-14-9. Retrieved 5 January 2013.