Background
Toshinaga Yamamoto was born in 1896 in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
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Toshinaga Yamamoto was born in 1896 in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Toshinaga Yamamoto went to Malaya in 1943 where as civil administrator of the army was engaged mainly in administration of civil information and education service. After the war Toshinaga Yamamoto served as interpreter at war crimes court in Singapore and as chief interpreter for Occupation troups stationed at Hamada. He became member of Shimane Prefectural Assembly in 1947, member of House of Representatives in 1949 and vice-president of Diet Members' Association and director of Foreign Affairs Department; Toshinaga Yamamoto was re-elected to Diet in 1955.