Background
Kenzaburo Hara was born on the 6th of February, 1907 in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, the son of Kenji Hara and Ben Hara.
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Kenzaburo Hara studied at Waseda University.
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Kenzaburo Hara studied at the University of Oregon.
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Kenzaburo Hara studied at Columbia University.
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Kenzaburo Hara studied at Freie Universität Berlin.
原 健三郎
government official politician
Kenzaburo Hara was born on the 6th of February, 1907 in Awaji, Hyogo, Japan, the son of Kenji Hara and Ben Hara.
Hara graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo, from the University of Oregon and Columbia University in the United States. He also studied at Berlin University (now Freie Universität Berlin).
At the beginning of his career, Kenzaburo Hara joined Kodansha Publishing company and became chief editor of the magazine Gendai.
Hara was first elected to the Diet in Japan’s first post-war Lower House election held in 1946 with the backing of the now defunct Japan Progressive Party. He later joined the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He had served 20 terms, totaling 54 years, as a Lower House member until he retired from politics at the age of 93 in June 2000 shortly before a general election. Hara is the second longest serving legislator in the post-war period next only to former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
After serving as labor minister and director general of the National Land Agency and the Hokkaido Development Agency, he served as Lower House speaker from July 1986 to June 1989. He served as a legislator for over half the century and became the Speaker of the Lower House. He was first elected in 1946 as Douglas MacArthur arrived to oversee the occupation and reconstruction of Japan surrender of World War Two. Privately associated with Takao Saito and Kijfiro Shidehara, and elected to the House of Representatives six times. Once appointed parliamentary vice-Minister of Transportation.
As one of the few legislators to speak proficient English, Hara was invited into the deliberations of MacArthur's inner circle. He is also known as either the original author or scenario writer of five of the nine movies in the popular Wataridori (Migratory Bird) series produced by Nikkatsu Corporation.
Kenzaburo was affiliated with the Liberal Democratic Party.
Kenzaburo Hara was married to Mariko Hara.