Torao Tokuda

Torao Tokuda ( Tokuda Torao; 17 February 1938 – 10 July 2024) was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the Liberal League, he served in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1996 and again from 2000 to 2005.

Early life Torao Tokuda was born in Hyogo Prefecture on 17 February 1938. He and His family moved to Tokunoshima island, Kagoshima Prefecture when he was at the age of two.

When Tokuda was in third grade, his 3-year-old brother fell ill. As his brother suffered severe diarrhea and vomiting during one particular night, he tried to reach a doctor, which is said to have required him to run along an unlit mountain road. The doctor is said to have refused the request by Tokuda's house call, and soon thereafter Tokuda's brother succumbed to his illness. named Tokuda Hospital ("徳田病院") in Osaka Prefecture. The hospital's main focus was on Emergency medicine. This fact has been attributed to his experience as a child, witnessing his brother passing after not being able to reach an available medical professional, as well as his own fear that he, too, might succumb without being able to receive medical treatment.