was a Japanese

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of the

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, a member of the

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in the

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(national legislature). A native of

Noshiro, Akita 270px, Rice fields in the Noshiro Plain 270px, Yoneshiro River is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 49,935 in 24,200 households. Geography Noshiro is located in the flat coastal plains north ...

and graduate of

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he joined the Ministry of Construction in 1953. Leaving the ministry, he was elected to the

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in the Diet for the first time in 1977. In 1983 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. From 1995 to 1996 he served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in

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's cabinet. In 1998 he served briefly as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. In 2001, Norota received the civilian honor

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from the President of India. Norota died of bladder cancer on 23 May 2019 at a

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hospital, aged 89.

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