Taketora Ogata
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
Taketora Ogata was a Japanese journalist, Vice President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later a politician. During the war, he joined the Imperial Rule Assistance Association. After the end of the war, he was purged from public service. Wikipedia
Born: January 30, 1888, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan
Died: January 28, 1956 (age 67 years), Gotanda, Tokyo, Japan
Children: Shijuro Ogata
Grandchild: Atsushi Ogata
Previous office: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (1952–1954)
Education: Fukuoka Kenritsu Shuyukankoto School
Organization founded: Liberal Democratic Party