Education
Rikkyo University.
小川 敏夫
Rikkyo University.
A native of Nerima, Tokyo and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after working as a prosecutor. In 1996, he ran for a lower house election with a support from the Democratic Party of Japan, but failed. In 1998, he ran for an upper house election, and was elected.
In 2004, he again got elected in an upper house election.
In 2012 he was appointed justice minister.