Toshio Ogawa
小川 敏夫
Official portrait, 2011
Vice President of the House of Councillors
In office 1 August 2019 – 3 August 2022
President	Akiko Santō
Preceded by	Akira Gunji
Succeeded by	Hiroyuki Nagahama
Minister of Justice
In office 13 January 2012 – 4 June 2012
Prime Minister	Yoshihiko Noda
Preceded by	Hideo Hiraoka
Succeeded by	Makoto Taki
Member ofHouse of Councillors
In office 26 July 1998 – 25 July 2022
Preceded by	Kiyoko Ono
Succeeded by	Taro Yamamoto
Constituency	Tokyo at-large
Personal details
Born	(1948-03-18)18 March 1948 (age 77) Nerima, Tokyo,Japan
Political party	CDP (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	NPS (1996) DP 1996 (1996–1998) DPJ (1998–2016) DP 2016 (2016–2018)
Alma mater	Rikkyo University
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Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫,Ogawa Toshio; born 18 March 1948) is a Japanesepolitician of theConstitutional Democratic Party and a member of theHouse of Councillors in theDiet (national legislature). Ogawa is a formerMinister of Justice. A native ofNerima, Tokyo, and a graduate ofRikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.

In1996, he ran for alower house seat with support from theDemocratic Party of Japan, but failed. In1998, he ran for an upper house election, and was elected. In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election. In 2012, he was appointed justice minister.^[1]

He was re-elected in2004,2010 and2016, and is currently^[when?] the longest serving councillor fromTokyo. When theDemocratic Party merged withKibō no Tō to form theDPP in May 2018, Ogawa did not join the new party and decided to join the CDP instead.^[2]

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