{"id":"masaaki-kanda","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/masaaki-kanda","language":"en","name":"Masaaki Kanda","name_en":"Masaaki Kanda","name_ne":null,"description":"Japanese politician","headline":"Japanese politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Masaaki Kanda  is a Japanese politician who served as governor of Aichi Prefecture from 1999 to 2011. A graduate of Chuo University, he served as mayor of Ichinomiya for three terms from 1989 to 1998 before he was first elected governor of Aichi Prefecture in 1999.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 October 1951","date":"1951-10-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Ichinomiya","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270810"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Japan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Chuo University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1091287"},{"text":"Tōkai Junior and Senior High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914024"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"governor of Aichi Prefecture (15 February 1999 – 14 February 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51199698","start":"1999-02-15","end":"2011-02-14"},{"text":"mayor (14 November 1989 – 15 December 1998)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"1989-11-14","end":"1998-12-15"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55339172"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Kanda","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Masaaki Kanda born?","a":"Masaaki Kanda was born on 1 October 1951 in Ichinomiya."},{"q":"What positions has Masaaki Kanda held?","a":"Positions held by Masaaki Kanda include: governor of Aichi Prefecture (1999–2011); mayor (1989–1998)."},{"q":"Where did Masaaki Kanda study?","a":"Masaaki Kanda was educated at Chuo University, Tōkai Junior and Senior High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":null,"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Masaaki Kanda","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Kanda","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q204939","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204939","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Masaaki Kanda, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0).","cite":"\"Masaaki Kanda\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/masaaki-kanda. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:59:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/masaaki-kanda","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/masaaki-kanda","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/masaaki-kanda?lang=ne"}}