13 Facts About Hakuo Yanagisawa

Hakuo Yanagisawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan, and was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2009.

Hakuo Yanagisawa said later "it was extremely sound to have more than two children".

Hakuo Yanagisawa is from the city of Fukuroi in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Hakuo Yanagisawa graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo in 1961.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs from July 1994 until August 1995, and the Chairman of the Committee on Health and Welfare from March 1998 to July 1998.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the Minister of State and Chairman of the Financial Reconstruction Commission from December 1998 to October 1999.

Hakuo Yanagisawa then reprised that role from December 2000 to January 2001.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the Minister of State for Financial Services from January 2001 to September 2002, when he stepped down due to a disagreement with the minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, Heizo Takenaka.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was the Chairman of the Research Commission on the Tax System for the LDP from November 2005 to September 2006.

Hakuo Yanagisawa became the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in September 2006.

Hakuo Yanagisawa was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, belonging specifically to the Kochikai.

Hakuo Yanagisawa thereafter retired from politics and accepted a post as the president of Josai International University.