Shin Kanemaru

Shin Kanemaru (金丸 信 Kanemaru Shin), 17 September 1914 - 28 March 1996) was a Japanese politician who was a significant figure in the political arena of Japan from the 1970s to the early 1990s.

Biography

Kanemaru was born in Suwa village (now Minami-arupusu city), Yamanashi Prefecture on 17 September 1914. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and member of the faction of Noboru Takeshita. In 1992, he was indicted in the Sagawa Kyubin corruption scandal. He was charged with evading taxes on payments he had received from construction companies that were seeking political influence. He resigned and was arrested on 13 March 1993 after authorities found at least $51 million in bearer bonds and hundreds of pounds of gold stored at his home.

Kanemaru died in Yamanashi on 28 March 1996.

References

Sources

• William H. Cooper, Japan-U.S. Trade: The Construction Services Issue, U.S. Congressional Research Service: Report for Congress 93-957, November 4, 1993.

House of Representatives of Japan
Preceded by Kazuo Horiuchi, Toyohira Hagino, Shinichi Kobayashi, Takuo Furuya, Tsuneo Uchida (1955 general election)	Representative for Yamanashi At-large district 1958-1992 Served alongside: Kunio Tanabe, Eiichi Nakao, Mitsuo Horiuchi, Toshimasa Ueda, et al.	Succeeded by Kunio Tanabe, Toshimasa Ueda, Azuma Koshiishi, Eiichi Nakao (until 1993 general election)
Political offices
Preceded by Masayoshi Ito	Deputy Prime Minister of Japan 1986–1987	Succeeded by Kiichi Miyazawa
Preceded by Asao Mihara	Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency 1977–1978	Succeeded by Ganri Yamashita
Preceded by Hyosuke Niwa	Director-General of the National Land Agency 1974–1976	Succeeded by Kosei Amano
Preceded by Takeo Kimura	Minister of Construction 1972–1973	Succeeded by Takao Kameoka
Party political offices
Preceded by Rokusuke Tanaka	Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party 1984-1986	Succeeded by Noboru Takeshita