After that, he worked in the Imperial Japanese Army and The Asahi Shimbun Company.
[1] Tagawa and a group of other lawmakers, including Yōhei Kōno, broke away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 1976.
Tagawa, Yohei and the others founded the New Liberal Club political party on June 25, 1976.
[1] The New Liberal Club formed a coalition government with the LDP in December 1983.
[1] Tagawa spent the rest of his career campaigning against political corruption.