Okinori Kaya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Okinori Kaya

Japanese politician

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1889

Place of Birth: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1977

Profession: politician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Okinori Kaya (?? ??, Kaya Okinori, January 30, 1889 – May 9, 1977) was the Minister of Finance of Japan between 1941 and 1944.
In 1945, he was captured by the Allies, tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Paroled in 1955, he later served as Minister of Justice from 1963 until 1964. In Kaya's obituary, Time magazine quoted him as saying that communism means only a dog's life.