Chikahiko Koizumi

Chikahiko Koizumi
Native name 小泉親彦
Born (1884-09-09)September 9, 1884
 Japan、Fukui Prefecture
Died September 13, 1945(1945-09-13) (aged 61)
 Japan、Yodobashi, Tokyo
Cause of death Seppuku
Nationality  Japan
Occupation Japanese army surgeon and politician.

Chikahiko Koizumi (小泉 親彦, Koizumi Chikahiko, September 9, 1884 – September 13, 1945) was a Japanese military physician.

After graduating Tokyo Imperial University,[1] he joined the Japanese Medical Corps

He became Army Surgeon General of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1934.[1]

He was the Minister of Health and Welfare from 1941 to 1944 under the Konoe and Tōjō cabinet.[1] He worked positively to prevention of tuberculosis and advocated Universal health care.[1][2]

After the war, he came under suspicion of war crimes as a minister when the war broke. But Koizumi refused the investigation and committed suicide by seppuku.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "先人を偲ぶ　－小泉　親彦－" (in Japanese). Sabae, Fukui. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ↑ Ando, Toshihiro (2012-01-08). "終戦時の内務次官、公職追放に 「群雀中の一鶴」灘尾弘吉（１）政客列伝　特別編集委員・安藤俊裕". The Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-10-13.
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