13 Facts About Masao Kanai

Masao Kanai was a Japanese judge, attorney and politician.

Masao Kanai was a member of the House of Representatives for four consecutive terms from 1932 to 1945 and served as the 35th governor of Wakayama Prefecture in 1946.

Masao Kanai is known for his strategic leadership role in the Amami reversion movement.

Masao Kanai changed his given name to Masao in 1915.

Masao Kanai entered Kagoshima Prefectural Oshima Agricultural School, which was, at that time, the highest educational institution on Amami Oshima.

Masao Kanai chose the high school in Kumamoto because he wished to follow the path of Shinkuma Motoji, a renowned lawyer from his home village, Tatsugo.

Masao Kanai gave lectures at Kansai University for 12 years while publishing several books on law.

Masao Kanai made a career move to a practicing lawyer in 1928 and moved his registration from Osaka to Tokyo in 1934.

In 1932, Masao Kanai was first elected to the House of Representatives, representing the Kagoshima 3rd District.

Masao Kanai took a leading role in the formulation of a 10-year program to spur the development of Oshima District, which passed the Diet in 1933 and went into operation in 1935.

Masao Kanai helped build two ships that were operated between Kagoshima, the Tokara Islands and Amami Oshima by Jitto Village.

Masao Kanai anticipated that the US would return Amami to Japan in two or three years.

Masao Kanai telegraphed Horo Izumi, the leader of the reversion movement in the Amami Islands, and urged him to focus on an early reversion, instead of calling for the abrogation of Article 3.