Background
Yamada Setsuo was born in 1899 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
山田 節男
Yamada Setsuo was born in 1899 in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Yamada Setsuo graduated from Law Department of Tokyo University in 1923, and from Oxford University in 1926.
During the war, Yamada Setsuo served as civil administrator in Borneo. He was a prominent figure in Japan Socialist Party, being a member of its Central Committee and chief of its International Affairs Department. He also served as vice-chairman of Sō-dōmei (Japan Federation of Labor Unions), chairman of All-Japan Garrison Forces Workers' Union and member House of Councilors.
Yamada Setsuo was a prominent figure in Japan Socialist Party. He was a member of Japan Socialist Party Central Committee and chief of its International Affairs Department.