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Mori Yoshiro

森喜朗
alternative words: Yoshiro Mori, Mori Yoshirou, Yoshirou Mori
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto , Sankei shinbun
related web sites: http://www.jimin.or.jp/jimin/fl/r_50on.html
explanation: Born in 1937 in Ishikawa prefecture. Being wounded at rugby club in Waseda university , he adhered to the orator club where he met Takeshita Noboru. After a journalist job in Sankei shinbun, he was elected in the diet in 1969 and occupied different ministerial posts. In 2000, he was appointed as a replacement of the prime minister, Obuchi Keizo who died suddenly. Due to his careless comment of different matters, he became quickly unpopular and resigned in 2001 after Ehimemaru incident.

Nakasone Yasuhiro

中曽根康弘
alternative words: Yasuhiro Nakasone
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto , Tanaka Kakuei
related web sites: http://www.yatchan.com
explanation: Born in 1918 in Gunma prefecture. After graduated at Tokyo university, he worked in interior ministry. After the war, he was elected in 1947 in diet and soon remarked as a young hawk by advocating Japanese remilitarization. After occupied different ministerial posts, he became prime minister with a support of Tanaka Kakuei in 1982 and remained until 1987. During his reign the railroad and telephone systems have been privatized. After Recruit Scandal, he left Jiminto but still keeps an influence.

Ozawa Ichiro

小沢一郎
alternative words: Ichiro Ozawa
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto , Minshuto
related web sites: http://ozawa.tfcnet.co.jp/s1/index.htm
explanation: Born in Iwata prefecture in 1942 and graduated at Keio university. After a sudden death of his father, he succeeded the father's electoral fief in 1969 under the banner of Jiminto. As a protégé of Kanamaru Shin, he became a general secretary of Jiminto but left it with Hata Tsutomu and other friends to found Shinseito in 1993 and formed a coalition government with Hosokawa Morihito as prime minister. As a dislocation of the coalition, he founded Jiyuto in 1998, which merged into Minshuto in 2003.

Sato Eisaku

佐藤栄作
alternative words: Eisaku Sato, Satou Eisaku, Eisaku Satou
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto
explanation: Born in 1901 in Yamaguchi prefecture. After graduated at Tokyo university, he worked in transport ministry until 1948. In 1949, he was elected in the parliament with the ticket of Jiyuto and occupied different ministerial posts. He was accused of accepting bribes from shipbuilders in 1954 but finally released. He succeeded Ikeda Hayato as prime minister in 1964 and remained the function until 1972. During his reign, Japan became an economic power. He received Nobel Peace prize in 1974.

Tanaka Kakuei

田中角栄
alternative words: Kakuei Tanaka
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto , Lockheed scandal
related web sites: http://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/tanaka/ta_index.html
explanation: Born in 1918 in Niigata prefecture. He founded his own construction firm at the age 19. He was elected in the parliament in 1947 with the ticket of Minshuto then adhered to Jiminto. He occupied different ministerial posts before becoming a prime minister in 1972. He launched a vast plan to remodel Japan (Nihon Kaizo ron) but it provoked a huge inflation which forced him de resign in 1974. After Lockheed scandal, he was arrested in 1976. He died in December 1993.

Tanaka Makiko

田中真紀子 田中眞紀子
alternative words: Makiko Tanaka
keywords: statesman
related topics: Tanaka Kakuei , Koizumi Junichiro , Jiminto , Ministry of foreign affairs
related web sites: http://allabout.co.jp/career/politicsabc/subject/msub_makiko.htm , http://www.makiko.gr.jp
explanation: Born in 1944 in Tokyo as a daughter of Tanaka Kakuei. Graduated from Waseda university, she was first elected in fief of his father, Niigata in 1993 and became technology minister in the next year. Being a good orator, she is very popular among Jiminto's supporters. She was appointed as foreign minister of Koizum's cabinet in 2001 but provoked soon a trouble due to her anti American and pro China stance, and was dismissed from the cabinet position.

Yoshida Shigeru

吉田茂
alternative words: Shigeru Yoshida
keywords: statesman
related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/anecs/social/people/nihon-today/yoshida-shigeru.htm
explanation: Born in 1878 as a son of Takenouchi Tsuna and soon adopted by Yoshida Kenzo. After graduated at Tokyo university, he became a diplomat, but due to his pro Anglo-Saxon stance, he was forced by militaries to retire. After Japanese defeat, he resurfaced in politics and became 5 times prime minister between 1946 and 1954, collaborating American occupation. He signed San Francisco treaty in 1951 as chief delegate and tracked a Japanese pro American policy of post war period.

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