Background
Okada Seiichi born in Tokushima Prefecture.
Okada Seiichi born in Tokushima Prefecture.
He came to Osaka when he was 14 years old. He was apprenticed at a shipbuilding firm and later organized the Okada-Gumi to become a leader in the salvage enterprise. After the war, he entered politics and became Minister of Transportation in the Ashida Cabinet in 1948. Elected member of the House of Representatives five times.