| Office: | Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency |
| Primeminister: | Noboru Takeshita |
| Term Start: | 24 August 1988 |
| Term End: | 3 June 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Tsutomu Kawara |
| Successor: | Taku Yamasaki |
| Office1: | Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Primeminister1: | Zenko Suzuki |
| Term Start1: | 30 November 1981 |
| Term End1: | 26 November 1982 |
| Predecessor1: | Takao Kameoka |
| Successor1: | Iwazo Kaneko |
| Office2: | Head of the National Land Agency |
| Primeminister2: | Takeo Fukuda |
| Term Start2: | 24 December 1976 |
| Term End2: | 28 November 1977 |
| Predecessor2: | Kosei Amano |
| Successor2: | Yoshio Sakurauchi |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Inakadate, Empire of Japan |
| Death Place: | Hirosaki |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
| Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
was a Japanese politician. He held different cabinet posts and served as defense minister from 1988 to 1989.
Tazawa was born in 1918.[1] He was a native of Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture.[1] [2]
Tazawa was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.[3] He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1960 and served there until 1996 when he lost his seat in the election.[3] From 24 December 1976 to 28 November 1977 he was the director of national land agency.[4]
He was appointed minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries on 30 November 1981 in a cabinet reshuffle and succeeded Takeo Kameoka in the post.[5] The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki.[5] Tazawa was in office until 26 November 1982.[5] He was appointed minister of state and director-general of the Japan Defense Agency (today defense minister) on 24 August 1988 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita.[6] He replaced Tsutomu Kawara in the post who had resigned from office.[7] Tazawa retained his post in the late December 1988 reshuffle.[6] He was in office until 3 June 1989 when Taku Yamasaki was appointed to the post. Tazawa retired from politics and was appointed president of Hirosaki Gakuin University.[3] He served in the post until his death in 2001.[3]
Tazawa's wife managed a large farm in Aomori which is one of the significant agricultural and fishing regions in Japan.[2] Tazawa died of esophagus cancer at a hospital in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, on 12 December 2001.[8]
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