Shinji Sato (politician)
Shinji Sato (佐藤 信二 "Satō Shinji", February 8, 1932 - May 3, 2016) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives (1979-2000 and 2003-2005) and House of Councillors (1974-1979), as Minister of International Trade and Industry (1996-1997), and as Minister of Transport (1988-1989). He was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. Sato announced in 2012 that he had a document signed between his father and U.S. President Richard Nixon that would allow American nuclear weapons to be brought to Okinawa in emergencies. Shinji Sato (politician