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was a Japanese writer and political commentator. Togawa was born in the city of Hiratsuka in Kanagawa Prefecture. His father was the novelist and former mayor of Hiratsuka Sadao Togawa and his younger brother was the novelist Itaru Kikumura. == Life and career == After graduating from Shonan Secondary, now Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School, he enrolled in the Faculty of Politics and Economics at Waseda University. Afterwards he was called up to serve in the army, but was found to be ill during the physical exam and received a temporary deferment. He was called up again after recovering but the war ended soon after so he returned to his studies at Waseda and graduated. He joined ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' in 1947. As a reporter in the newspaper's politics division he became a familiar face in Japan through his many interviews with politicians. He also stayed in Moscow for a time as a special correspondent. In 1955 he acted as an intermediary between his father Sadao and Kenzo Kono, an LDP member of the House of Councillors who had asked Isamu to persuade his father to run in the Hiratsuka mayoral election. Isamu succeeded in getting his father elected. He left ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' in 1962 to do political writing. In addition, he served as anchor for JNN News Scope, a TBS news program that started in October 1962. Before long he entered politics himself like his father, running as an independent candidate for his hometown in Kanagawa's 3rd District during the general elections of November 1963. However, he lost election with only 19,871 votes, not enough to qualify to get his candidate registration fee refunded. After that he concentrated on his political writing. He established his literary reputation as a member of the Togawa family through his bestselling non-fiction political novel ''Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō'' ("The Yoshida School: A Novel"), the inside story of the world of conservative politics in Japan. By the time of Isamu Togawa's death it was an eight-volume work extending from Shigeru Yoshida's first term as prime minister up to the government of Zenko Suzuki. He also wrote companion volumes such as ''Shōsetsu Yoshida Shigeru'' ("Shigeru Yoshida: A Novel") and ''Shōsetsu Miki Bukichi'' ("Bukichi Miki: A Novel") that delved even more deeply into this subject. Togawa, who had an office in New Japan Hotel, is also known for playing a central role in negotiations on collective compensation for the devastating 1982 fire there which left 33 dead. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isamu Togawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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