Shinji Sato (politician)

Shinji Sato (佐藤 信二 Satō Shinji, February 8, 1932 – May 3, 2016) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives (1979–2000 and 2003–2005) and House of Councillors (1974–1979), as Minister of International Trade and Industry (1996–1997), and as Minister of Transport (1988–1989). He was the second son of Prime Minister Eisaku Sato.

Sato announced in 2012 that he had a document signed between his father and U.S. President Richard Nixon that would allow American nuclear weapons to be brought to Okinawa in emergencies.