Michihiko Kano

was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was Minister of Agriculture from 2010 until 2012. He was a member of the National Diet from 1976 until 1979 and again from 2005 until 2012.
Kano was born in Yamagata. He died on 21 October 2021 at a Yamagata hospital from problems caused by polycythemia, aged 79.