Tarō Kimura (politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Tarō Kimura

|native_name = {{nobold|木村太郎}}

|native_name_lang = ja

|image = Taro Kimura 2012.jpg

|caption = Official portrait, 2012

|office = Member of the House of Representatives

|constituency = Aomori 4th

|term_start = 20 October 1996

|term_end = 25 July 2017

|predecessor = Constituency established

|successor = Constituency abolished

|office1 = Member of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly

|constituency1 = Minamitsugaru District

|term_start1 = 1991

|term_end1 = 1996

|birth_date = {{birth date|1965|7|20|df=y}}

|birth_place = Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|7|25|1965|7|20|df=y}}

|death_place = Tokyo, Japan

|relatives = Jiro Kimura (brother)

|party = Liberal Democratic

|alma_mater = Toyo University

}}

{{nihongo|Tarō Kimura|木村太郎|Kimura Tarō|July 20, 1965 − July 25, 2017}} was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).

Early life

Kimura was a native of Fujisaki, Aomori and graduated from Toyo University.

Political career

Kimura was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after serving in the Aomori Prefectural Assembly for two terms.

Death

He died of cancer on July 25, 2017, at a hospital in Tokyo, aged 52.{{cite web |url= http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/25/national/ldp-lawmaker-taro-kimura-dies-pancreatic-cancer-52/ | title= LDP lawmaker Taro Kimura dies of pancreatic cancer at 52 |date= 25 July 2017 |work= The Japan Times |publisher= The Japan Times Ltd. |location= Japan|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801013450/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/25/national/ldp-lawmaker-taro-kimura-dies-pancreatic-cancer-52/ |archivedate= 1 August 2017|url-status=live |accessdate= 1 August 2017}}{{cite web |url= https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170725/k00/00e/060/202000c |script-title=ja: 木村太郎さん５２歳＝衆院議員 |trans-title=Taro Kimura dies at 52 |date= 25 July 2017 |work= Mainichi Shimbun |publisher= The Mainichi Newspapers |location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170725022523/https://mainichi.jp/articles/20170725/k00/00e/060/202000c |archivedate= 25 July 2017|url-status=live |accessdate= 25 July 2017}}

References

{{cite web |url=http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000016.html |script-title=ja:政治家情報〜木村太郎〜 |work=ザ･選挙] |publisher=JANJAN |accessdate=2007-10-20 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203093547/http://www.senkyo.janjan.jp/diet/profile/0000/00000016.html |archivedate=2007-12-03 }}

External links

{{Official website|http://www.taro-k.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}

Category:1965 births

Category:2017 deaths

Category:Politicians from Aomori Prefecture

Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians

Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Japan

Category:Members of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly

Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2003–2005

Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2005–2009

Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2009–2012

Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2012–2014

Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017