Kenji Tomita
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Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoe
Preceded bySōtarō Ishiwata
Succeeded byNaoki Hoshino
Preceded byFusanosuke Maeda
Kenji Tomita | |
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富田 健治 | |
 Tomita in 1943 | |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 22 July 1940 – 18 October 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Fumimaro Konoe |
| Preceded by | Sōtarō Ishiwata |
| Succeeded by | Naoki Hoshino |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 22 May 1958 – 23 October 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Fusanosuke Maeda |
| Succeeded by | Eiji Yamashita |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 2nd |
| In office 1 October 1952 – 24 January 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Gashirō Shiota |
| Succeeded by | Fusanosuke Maeda |
| Constituency | Hyōgo 2nd |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 16 October 1941 – 25 May 1946 Nominated by the Emperor | |
| Governor of Nagano Prefecture | |
| In office 23 December 1938 – 22 July 1940 | |
| Monarch | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Seiichi Ōmura |
| Succeeded by | Minoru Suzuki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1897 |
| Died | 23 March 1977 (aged 79) |
| Party | Liberal Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (1938–1953) Liberal (1953–1955) |
| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
Kenji Tomita (富田健治, 1 November 1897 – 23 March 1977) was a Japanese politician. He was born in Kobe. He graduated from Kyoto University. He was governor of Nagano Prefecture (1938–1940),[1] served as Cabinet Secretary under Fumimaro Konoe,[2] and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1952.[3] He was a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure.
Tomita was a keen martial artist, studying judo and aikido. He used his influence to protect aikido's founder Morihei Ueshiba from arrest during the Second Oomoto Incident in 1935[4] and was the first chairman of the Aikikai.[5]
