Tokuichiro Tamazawa, former agricultural minister, shot and transported.
On the afternoon of the 10th, Tokuichiro Tamazawa, former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, was shot with something like a pistol in Morioka city and transported to a hospital in the city. It means that there is no difference in life.
According to the police, in the afternoon of 10th, a man in his 80s with a handgun appeared at a police station in Iwate Prefecture, and he said, `` He shot a member of the House of Representatives Tokuichiro Tamazawa, '' and secured his personality. I listen to the situation in detail.
Mr. Tamazawa is 81 years old, a former member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party.
It was elected for the first time in the House of Representatives election in 1976 and won nine times in total.
During this time, he served as Director-General of the Defense Agency and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
He retired from politics without running for the 2009 House of Representatives election.
Mr. Tamazawa is from the Taro district in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In 2013, he received the Asahi Daisho Award.