Jinen Nagase

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Jinen Nagase (Nagase Jin’en; 長勢 甚遠; born October 3, 1943) is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Justice in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe from September 26, 2006, to August 27, 2007.

Born in Uozu, Toyama, he earned an LL.B. from the University of Tokyo and began his career at the Ministry of Labour. He was elected to the Diet in 1990 and served in various roles, including Parliamentary Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, deputy director of the Liberal Democratic Party, Parliamentary Vice Minister of Labour, Senior Vice Minister of Justice, and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (October 31, 2005 – September 26, 2006).

Nagase was a member of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2012, representing Toyama 1st district (1990–1996), Toyama 1st (1996–2009), and Hokuriku-Shin’etsu proportional representation (2009–2012). He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

In 2012, he caused controversy by telling lobbyists that postwar principles such as sovereignty, basic human rights, and pacifism should be reconsidered to make the constitution “our own.”