About Seiken Sugiura
Born 1934. Seiken Sugiura is a Japanese politician and lawyer.
Seiken Sugiura (杉浦 正健 Sugiura Seiken, born 26 July 1934) is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was named Minister of Justice on 31 October 2005 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Minister of Justice.
He was defeated in the 2009 election by Yasuhiro Nakane, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He has remained engaged in discussions over the death penalty in Japan since leaving politics. On 3 October 2015, he spoke at a World Day against the Death Penalty event in Tokyo, along with Hideo Hiraoka, who was justice minister under the Democratic Party of Japan.
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Japanese politician
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Seiken Sugiura was born on 26 July 1934 in Okazaki.
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Seiken Sugiura is a politician and lawyer.
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Seiken Sugiura is Japanese.
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