election despite their intense personal rivalry and differing political philosophies. Injury and retirement Tanigaki injured his spinal cord in a bicycle accident in July 2016, and remained hospitalized as of September 2017. He stayed out of the public eye during his hospitalization, and was rumored to be planning a comeback to politics as of mid-2017, but decided not to run in the 2017 general election due to his physical condition. He made his first public appearance after the accident in October 2018, and addressed the Liberal Democratic Party Convention from a wheelchair in February 2019. The LDP approached him to run in the 2019 House of Councillors election, but he turned down the request, stating that he would focus on his rehabilitation. Honours : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2019) References External links 1945 births Azabu High School alumni Japanese Protestants Presidents of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Living people Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Finance of Japan Members of Nippon Kaigi Ministers of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan People from Kyoto Prefecture Politicians from Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni Ministers of Justice of Japan 21st-century Japanese politicians Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun