Ryūtarō Nagai

Ryūtarō Nagai
永井 柳太郎
Ryūtarō Nagai
Born(1881-04-16)April 16, 1881
DiedDecember 4, 1944(1944-12-04) (aged 63)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Occupation(s)Politician, Cabinet Minister

Ryūtarō Nagai (永井 柳太郎, Nagai Ryūtarō; April 16, 1881 – December 4, 1944) was a politician and cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan, serving a member of the Lower House of the Diet of Japan eight times, and four as a cabinet minister. He was noted in his early political career as a champion of universal suffrage, social welfare, labor unions, women's rights and Pan-Asianism.