predecessor successor death_date office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
matsuura isao shozaburo nakamura february 17 . 2014 minister of justice april 29 , 1926 september 11 , 1997 kokichi shimoinaba
 july 30 , 1998 kokichi shimoinaba
kokichi shimoinaba

kokichi shimoinaba -lrb- april 29 , 1926 -- february 17 , 2014 -rrb- was a japanese politician and police chief .
he served as minister of justice from 1997 to 1998 .
shimoinaba joined the former home ministry in 1947 , just before the ministry was abolished .
he then served as the prefectural police chief of tokushima , osaka and the tokyo metropolitan police department .
shimoinaba was elected to the house of councillors in 1986 .
japanese prime minister ryutaro hashimoto appointed him as minister of justice in 1997 .
kokichi shimoinaba died from sepsis on february 17 , 2014 , at the age of 87 .
