About Ryuichi Doi
Lived 1939 – 2016 (aged 76). Ryuichi Doi was a Japanese politician and pastor.
was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Seoul, when Korea was under Japanese rule. He attended Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, earning a master's degree. In 1990 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.
In April 2014, he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon.
He was an active pastor for the United Church of Christ in Japan, and preached at the Wada Mountains Salt Mission, which was attached to Keiseien (Asago City, Hyōgo Prefecture), a support facility for people with disabilities under the umbrella of a social welfare corporation that he chaired.
He died on 22 January 2016 at a hospital in Kobe, aged 76. He was posthumously awarded the rank of Shoshii.
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Who was Ryuichi Doi?
Japanese politician
When was Ryuichi Doi born?
Ryuichi Doi was born on 11 February 1939 in Keijō.
When did Ryuichi Doi die?
Ryuichi Doi died on 22 January 2016.
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Ryuichi Doi was a politician and pastor.
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Ryuichi Doi was Japanese.
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