Toshio Ogawa

Toshio Ogawa
小川 敏夫
Vice President of the House of Councillors of Japan
In office
1 August 2019 – 3 August 2022
PresidentAkiko Santō
Preceded byAkira Gunji
Succeeded byHiroyuki Nagahama
Minister of Justice
In office
13 January 2012 – 4 June 2012
Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda
Preceded byHideo Hiraoka
Succeeded byMakoto Taki
Member of House of Councillors
Assumed office
26 July 1998
ConstituencyTokyo
Personal details
Born (1948-03-18) 18 March 1948 (age 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyCDP
Other political
affiliations
  • DP (2016–2018, split)
  • DPJ (1996–2016, merger)
  • NPS (1996)
Alma materRikkyo University

Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫, Ogawa Toshio, born 18 March 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). Ogawa is a former Minister of Justice. A native of Nerima, Tokyo, and a graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor.