Nobuyasu Satō
Nobuyasu Satō | |
|---|---|
佐藤 信安 | |
 Satō from Official Record of the Okayama Exposition | |
| Mayor of Hiroshima | |
| In office 17 April 1922 – 21 January 1925 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 5, 1874 |
| Died | August 1, 1964 (aged 90) |
| Education | Tokyo Imperial University |
Nobuyasu Satō (Japanese: 佐藤 信安, Satō Nobuyasu; 5 April 1874 – 1 August 1964) was a Japanese lawyer, prosecutor, Home Ministry official, and politician who served as the Mayor of Hiroshima from 1922 to 1925.[1]
Early life and career
Satō was born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture.[1] He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University in 1899 and was appointed as a judicial trainee.[2] He entered the graduate school of Tokyo Imperial University in 1900 before being called up for military service in the Imperial Japanese Army.[1]
In 1902, Satō resigned as a judicial trainee and entered private legal practice.[2] In 1909, he became a public prosecutor and later served in several regional courts. He was appointed Chief of the Kumamoto Prefectural Police in 1913 and Chief of the Yamaguchi Prefectural Police the following year.[2] He subsequently served as Director of the Internal Affairs Department of Fukushima Prefecture.[3]
Mayor of Hiroshima
Satō served as the 14th Mayor of Hiroshima from 17 April 1922 until 21 January 1925.[1]
After leaving office, he served as Director of the Internal Affairs Department of Okayama Prefecture and later Niigata Prefecture.[3] In July 1929, he was placed on leave from his post in Niigata.[4] He subsequently returned to Tokyo and resumed work as a lawyer.[1]
In 1963, Satō was named an honorary citizen of Hiroshima.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Successive Mayors of Japan: One Hundred Years of Municipal Government, Vol. 3 (in Japanese). National Diet Library.
- 1 2 3 The Elite of Japan (in Japanese). Mainichi Tsūshinsha. 1914.
- 1 2 Jinji Kōshinroku, 8th edition (in Japanese). Jinji Kōshinjo. 1928.
- ↑ "Kanpō" (in Japanese). 11 July 1929.
- ↑ Hiroshima City Statistical Overview, 1968 Edition (in Japanese).