Daizō Nozawa

Daizō Nozawa was a Japanese politician who served as the Justice Minister of Japan from 2003 to 2004.
Nozawa was born in Tatsuno, Nagano. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor of civil engineering degree and joined Japanese National Railways in 1956. During his career at JNR, he obtained the degree of Ph.D. He was first elected as a member of the House of Councillors in 1986. He served as a member of the house until 2004 when he did not run for reelection.
He led the leader of the Japan-Korea Tunnel Research Institute, an organization trying to create a tunnel link between Japan and South Korea.
He died on 12 December 2024, at the age of 91.