Editing Tetsu Katayama (section)

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Tanabe, Wakayama|Tanabe]], [[Wakayama Prefecture]] on 28 July 1887.<ref name="NDL">{{cite web|title=Historical Figures|url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/figures.html|publisher=National Diet Library|access-date=13 January 2013}}</ref> He attended [[Tokyo Imperial University]] and received a bachelor's degree in law.<ref name="NDL"/> Raised in the Christian faith, he was strongly influenced by the [[Christian socialism]] of [[Abe Isoo]]. After graduating, he opened a law office in a rented [[YMCA]] dormitory, and worked as an attorney.<ref name="NDL"/>