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Kōtarō Tanaka

Japanese Japanese legal scholar and judge (1890-1974) · Japan · On the map · Academics · Died at 83

Kōtarō Tanaka was a Japanese jurist, professor of law and politician who served as the last Minister of Education of the Empire of Japan and the second postwar Chief Justice of Japan.

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Order of Culture1960
Person of Cultural Merit1960
Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Country
Japan
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1974 · aged 83