Makoto Tanabe

Makoto Tanabe
田邊 誠
Tanabe in 1992
Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party
In office
31 July 1991 – 19 January 1993
Preceded byTakako Doi
Succeeded bySadao Yamahana
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
30 January 1967 – 27 September 1996
Preceded byShigemitsu Akanegakubo
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyGunma 1st
In office
21 November 1960 – 23 October 1963
Preceded byShigemitsu Akanegakubo
Succeeded byShigemitsu Akanegakubo
ConstituencyGunma 1st
Member of the Gunma Prefectural Assembly
In office
23 April 1955 – March 1959
ConstituencyMaebashi City
Personal details
Born(1922-02-25)25 February 1922
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Died2 July 2015(2015-07-02) (aged 93)
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
PartySocialist
Other political
affiliations
SDP (1996–1997)
DP (1997–1998)

Makoto Tanabe (田邊 誠; 25 February 1922 – 2 July 2015) was the chairman of the former Japan Socialist Party, now known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan. He was elected to the position in 1991. Tanabe was from the right wing of the party and was a reformer. He served in the Japanese House of Representatives 11 times. Tanabe was a supporter of giving Japanese aide to deal with the lack of food in North Korea. He was also supportive of apologizing for Japan's behaviour during World War II and of giving reparations to those in Asian countries. He died on 2 July 2015, at the age of 93.

References

  1. ↑ Gatu, Dagfinn (12 June 2015). The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise. Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-317-52648-3.
  2. ↑ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1 February 2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 479. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3.
  3. 1 2 "Former Japan Socialist Party leader Tanabe, confidant to fallen LDP kingpin Kanemaru, dies at 93". The Japan Times. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. "IV. The third cycle: famine, aid and the 'Japanese wives', 1990–2001" (PDF). Re-imagining Japan – North Korea relations.
  5. ↑ Weisman, Steven R. (9 December 1991). "Japan's Socialists Reproach Rulers for Refusal to Apologize for War". The New York Times.