Background
Tokutaro Kitamura was born in Kyoto.
Tokutaro Kitamura was born in Kyoto.
After graduating from Kansei Daigaku College entered business as manager ot Harima Shipyard and later Chairman of Sasebo Chamber of Commerce. Tokutaro entered politics (1945) and has since been elected to the Diet five times. He was Transportation Minister of Katayama Cabinet (1947), and Finance Minister to Ashida Cabinet (1948). Tokutaro was Japan's delegate at MRA convention (1949).