, was a politician and cabinet minister in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, serving once as a member of the Lower House

House of Representatives of Japan

The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...

 of the pre-war Diet of Japan

Diet of Japan

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, and three times as a member of the post-war House of Councillors

House of Councillors

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. He also held cabinet-level posts three times.

Biography

Ino was born in Nihonbashi-ku, a former administration division of Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 that is now part of Chūō, Tokyo

Chuo, Tokyo

is one of the 23 special wards that form the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The ward refers to itself as Chūō City in English.Its Japanese name literally means "Central Ward," and it is historically the main commercial center of Tokyo, although Shinjuku has risen to challenge it since the end of World War II...

, and was educated at the Kaisei Academy

Kaisei Academy

-History:The school, which has produced many notable alumni, was founded in 1871. At first, it was established as a Kyōryū Gakkō of the prepschool to Senior school such as First High School（After the WWⅡ,this school was integrated into The University of Tokyo.）. Its motto is "The pen is mightier...

, following which he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University. He was hired as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce

Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce

The was a cabinet-level ministry in the government of the Empire of Japan from 1881-1925. It was briefly recreated as the during World War II-History:...

, eventually hiring to become director of the sericulture

Sericulture

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 bureau. With the establishment of the Kikakuin in 1937, Ino became vice-chairman in charge of irrigation. In June 1941, he joined the cabinet as Minister of Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

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 under the 2nd Konoe administration

Fumimaro Konoe

Prince was a politician in the Empire of Japan who served as the 34th, 38th and 39th Prime Minister of Japan and founder/leader of the Taisei Yokusankai.- Early life :...

. He concurrently held the portfolio of Minister of Colonial Affairs

Ministry of Colonial Affairs

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, until that post was abolished under the Tōjō administration

Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army , the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944...

 in 1942.
In the 1942 General Election

Japanese general election, 1942

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, Ino was elected to the Lower House as a representative from Mie Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan which is part of the Kansai regions on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Tsu.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, Mie prefecture was known as Ise Province and Iga Province....

, with the backing of the Taisei Yokusankai

Taisei Yokusankai

The was Japan's para-fascist organization created by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe on October 12, 1940 to promote the goals of his Shintaisei movement...

  political party. However, Ino was later chairman of the Gokoku Dōshikai, a political group founded in March 1945 with the aim of toppling Tōjō and one-party rule, and opening negotiations for an end to World War II

World War II

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.

After the surrender of Japan

Surrender of Japan

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, as with all other former government ministers, Ino was purged from public office and arrested by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers

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 to stand trial for Class-A war crime

War crime

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s. He shared a cell in Sugamo Prison

Sugamo Prison

Sugamo Prison was located in the district of Ikebukuro, which is now part of the Toshima ward of Tokyo, Japan-History:...

 with Okinori Kaya

Okinori Kaya

was the Japanese finance minister between 1941-1944. In 1945, he was captured by the Allies, tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment...

, but his case never came to trial and he was released on parole.
Following the end of occupation of Japan

Occupied Japan

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, Ino ran for public office again in the 1953 General Election

Japanese general election, 1953

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 202 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%.-Results:...

 with the support of the Liberal Party and was elected to a seat in the House of Councillors of the post-war Diet of Japan, from Mie Prefecture. He was subsequently re-elected twice from the same district under the Liberal-Democratic Party

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

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 ticket. Ino was a member of the faction led by Nobusuke Kishi

Nobusuke Kishi

was a Japanese politician and the 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan from February 25, 1957 to June 12, 1958 and from then to July 19, 1960. He was often called Shōwa no yōkai .- Early life :...

. In 1959, after Kishi became Prime Minister of Japan

Prime Minister of Japan

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 he was to accept the position of Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Japan)

The is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Justice. The post has been held by Hideo Hiraoka since 2 September 2011.- Ministers of Justice :...

 in his second cabinet. In 1965, Ino was awarded the 1st class of the Order of the Sacred Treasures

Order of the Sacred Treasures

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 and in 1973 he was awarded the 1st class of the Order of the Rising Sun

Order of the Rising Sun

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. Ino published his memoirs in 1978.

Ino died in 1980. His grave is at the Tama Cemetery in Fuchū, Tokyo

Fuchu, Tokyo

is a city located in western Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 2010, the city has an estimated population of 255,394 and a population density of 8,700 persons per km². The total area was 29.34 km²...

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