Magoichi Tawara was a bureaucrat, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
10 Facts About Magoichi Tawara
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The Magoichi Tawara family had been making soy sauce and candles in Hamada for generations.
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Magoichi Tawara graduated from the law department of Tokyo Imperial University in 1895, and became an official in the Home Ministry.
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Magoichi Tawara worked as an official in four different prefectural governments over the next eleven years.
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Magoichi Tawara's first was Okinawa, where he was instrumental in writing laws on land reform and establishing a tax system, bringing the former Kingdom of the Ryukyus closer to legal assimilation with mainland Japan.
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Magoichi Tawara subsequently assisted in the first land survey of Korea under Japanese rule in 1910.
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Magoichi Tawara was elected to the Lower House of the Diet of Japan in the 1924 General Election, under the Kenseikai banner.
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Magoichi Tawara later changed his political party affiliation to the Rikken Minseito, and was reelected for six terms.
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Magoichi Tawara served as Secretary-General of the party in 1929.
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However, Magoichi Tawara was defeated in the 1942 General Election and retired from public life.