Suehiko Shiono was a Japanese lawyer, politician and cabinet minister noted for his prosecution of high-profile cases of political crimes and thought crimes under the Peace Preservation Laws of the 1930s Empire of Japan.
10 Facts About Suehiko Shiono
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Suehiko Shiono graduated in July 1906 from Tokyo Imperial University was a law degree, and had specialized in the study of German laws.
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Suehiko Shiono subsequently served as substitute prosecutor at the Shizuoka District Court, deputy prosecutor at the Osaka District Court, and prosecutor at the Tokyo District Court in October 1927.
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Suehiko Shiono conducted a thorough reform of the court, firing fifteen prosecutors he felt to be incompetent, and zealously pursuing a number of sensational political bribery cases involving high-ranking government officials, regardless of the political party affiliation of the suspects.
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Suehiko Shiono presided of the massive arrests of communists and suspected communist sympathizers in the late 1920s.
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Suehiko Shiono subsequently became prosecutor of the Court of Appeals, followed by chief prosecutor of the Tokyo District Court.
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In December 1936, Suehiko Shiono was appointed Vice-chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Japan.
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Suehiko Shiono served as Minister of Justice under the Hayashi, 1st Konoe and Hiranuma administrations from February 1937 to August 1939.
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Suehiko Shiono was concurrently Minister of Communications in the Hiranuma administration from January to April 1939.
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In 1946, along with all members of the wartime Japanese government, Suehiko Shiono was purged from public office and was taken into custody by the American occupation authorities and held at Sugamo Prison.