Kisaburo Tokai

Kisaburo Tokai
渡海 紀三朗
Official portrait, 2007
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
In office
26 September 2007 – 2 August 2008
Prime MinisterYasuo Fukuda
Preceded byBunmei Ibuki
Succeeded byTsuneo Suzuki
Member of the House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 December 2012
Preceded byYasuhiro Okada
ConstituencyHyōgo 10th
In office
25 June 2000 – 21 July 2009
Preceded bySusumu Shiota
Succeeded byYasuhiro Okada
ConstituencyHyōgo 10th
In office
6 July 1986 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyHyōgo 3rd
Personal details
Born (1948-02-11) 11 February 1948 (age 76)
Takasago, Hyōgo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic
Other political
affiliations		New Party Sakigake
Alma materWaseda University

Kisaburo Tokai (渡海 紀三朗, Tokai Kisaburō, born February 11, 1948 in Takasago, Hyōgo) is a former Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda from 2007 to 2008.

Education

Tokai with Svante Pääbo (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on February 1, 2023)

Tokai, like Fukuda, attended Waseda University.[citation needed]

House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by
Multi-member constituency
 Representative for Hyōgo's 3rd District (multi-member)
1986–1996 		District eliminated
Preceded by Representative for Hyōgo's 10th District
2012–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
2007–2008 		Succeeded by


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