Politician. At the height of his career, he served as the Imperial Household Minister. Unfortunately he was involved in a scandal regarding an "unsavory relationship between Hirobumi Ito, Vice-Minister Yamada Akiyoshi and himself. The government was rocked about with fierce debate regarding how to deal with this situation. In the end the decision to censor was made, but not without sacrifice. The Matsukata Cabinet introduced a bill that would restrain the wide powers of the Home Minster to censor. This time, Minoura Katsundo, a member of the Diet who had been frustrated by the stonewalling of his Press Law reform package, took this opportunity to lead for the reduction of powers to censor.
Politician. At the height of his career, he served as the Imperial Household Minister. Unfortunately he was involved in a scandal regarding an "unsavory relationship between Hirobumi Ito, Vice-Minister Yamada Akiyoshi and himself. The government was rocked about with fierce debate regarding how to deal with this situation. In the end the decision to censor was made, but not without sacrifice. The Matsukata Cabinet introduced a bill that would restrain the wide powers of the Home Minster to censor. This time, Minoura Katsundo, a member of the Diet who had been frustrated by the stonewalling of his Press Law reform package, took this opportunity to lead for the reduction of powers to censor.
Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett
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