Raizo Matsuno

Raizo Matsuno was a Japanese politician. Born in Yamaga, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture in 1917, Matsuno served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as an officer at the end of World War II as he was attending Naval Accounting School.
He successively held numerous offices in post-war Japan:

Director-General for the Prime Minister's Office from 1958 to 1959 under Nobusuke Kishi
Minister of Labor from 1959 to 1960 under Nobusuke Kishi
Minister of Defense (Japan)#Minister of State, Head or [Director General of the Japan Defense Agency|Director General of the Japan Defense Agency] from 1965 to 1966 under Eisaku Satō
Ministry of [Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries] 1966 under Eisaku Satō

He was Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council at Liberal [Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party], Chairman of [the Executive Council (Japan)|Chairman of the Executive Council].