was a Japanese politician and a Minister of Transport. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. Arafune resigned the Minister of Transport 1966 after a political scandal where he had taken two businessmen with him on a trip paid for by the Japanese govermnement, and ordered the National Railways to create an express stop in his home town.
Biography Arafune was born in Katashino village, Chichibu District, Saitama currently Chichibu, Saitama in 1907. 11 April 1946 - 24 November 1980 Member of the House of Representatives 1 August 1966 - 14 October 1966 Minister of Transport 14 January 1970 - 29 January 1972 Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives
See also Order of the Rising Sun
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