Soichiro Ito (Japanese politician)


Soichiro Ito was a Japanese politician whom served in the House of Representative from 1967 to his death in 2001. From 1981 to 1982 Ito was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1981 to 1982.
Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1924, he studied law at Tohoku University and served briefly as Second Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.