Suzuki Yasuzo Chronological History／南相馬市公式ウェブサイト -Minamisoma City-

Year	Age	Event
1904	0	March 3: Born eldest son of father Yoshio and mother Rui.
1917	13	March: Finished 1st year of Odaka Elementary School advanced course. April: Entered Fukushima Prefectural Soma Junior High School.
1920	16	February: Became leader in student strike with the aim of investigating the punishment of violence with regards to the violence committed by upperclassmen against lowerclassmen. October 9: Participated in the Tohoku Junior High School Association 1st Oratorical Meeting, hosted by the 2nd High School Shoushikai Debate Club, as the representative of the Soma Junior High School Debate Club. Won 1st place. The subject of his speech was “A Mind Devoted to Solitude” (孤独に徹する心, Kodoku ni Tessuru Kokoro). November: Invited to participate in the Prefectural Secondary School Association 2nd Oratory Tournament, hosted by the Tohoku Literature Association. The subject of his speech was “A Soliloquy on the Shade of the Poplar Tree” (ポプラ樹陰の独語, Popura Juin no Dokugo).
1921	17	March: Finished 4th year at Soma Junior High School. April: Entered 2nd High School, Humanities 1st Order.
1923	19	Published “Thoughts of a Lonely Night” (或寂しき夜の想片, Aru Sabishiki Yoru no Souhen) in the paper “尚志” (Shoushi). The material was considered to have too dark a view of life and society, and so the school authorities ordered the distribution of “Shoushi” to be prohibited since it had published the work. Became one of the founding members of the 2nd High School Social Thought Research Society.
1924	20	March: Graduated from 2nd High School. April: Entered the Kyoto Imperial University, literature department, burning with the desire to be taught by people such as philosophy professor Nishida Kitaro and sociology professor Yoneda Shotaro. Entered the Kyoto Imperial University Social Science Research Society.
1925	21	April: Transferred to the economics department, believing the study of economics to be important to confronting societal contradictions.
1926	22	January: Arrested in the Japan Student Social Studies Federation Incident in the first incident related to the violation of the Peace Preservation Law.
1927	23	May 30: Received guilty verdict from the Kyoto district court (first hearing), sentenced to 10 months of incarceration. Voluntarily dropped out of Kyoto Imperial university because of this verdict. From then on, engaged in research of constitutional law and political science. June 16: Married Kurihara Toshiko.
1929	25	February – August: Engaged in editing “Study of Social Issues” (社会問題研究, Shakai Mondai Kenkyuu), entrusted to him by Kawakami Hajime. Imprisoned at the Industry and Labor Investigation Site.
1930	26	May 30: Final appeal to highest court over the Japan Student Social Studies Federation Incident rejected.
1935	30	September: Became assistant in the Japan Arts Promotion Subcommittee.
1937	32	June: Became member of the House of Representatives’ Parliamentary History Compilation Council.
1945	40	November – December: Drafted the “Constitution Draft Guidelines” (憲法草案要綱, Kenpou Souan Youkou) (made public December 26) as a draft of constitutional revision by the Constitution Research Society.
1946	41	Became director of the Constitution Promulgation Committee.
1948	43	November 5: Became director of the Japan Political Science Association.
1951	46	December: Became lecturer in the literature and science department at Shizuoka University.
1952	47	January: Became professor in the literature and science department at Shizuoka University. April: Became director of the Japan Public Law Academic Society. May: Became part-time professor in the law and economics department at Aichi University.
1953	48	April: Became part-time professor in the postgraduate law course at Aichi Graduate School.
1954	49	June: Became dean of the literature and science department at Shizuoka University.
1958	53	August: Became member of the Japan Science Council.
1962	57	January 14: Became chairman of the Japan Democratic Lawyer’s Association and Constitutional Committee.
1964	59	January: Organized the Constitution Theory Research Society.
1965	60	March: Became delegate at the Constitution Deterioration Prevention Liaison Council.
1967	62	March: Retired from Shizuoka University. Became emeritus professor there.
1970	65	November: Became dean of the Rissho University college of general education.
1975	70	March: Resigned from the Rissho University college of general education.
1976	71	March: Retired from Rissho University.
1983	78	March: Resigned from Aichi Graduate School. August 7: Passed away.