Isafjörður
Isafjörður , town (1993 pop. 3,524), NW Iceland, on the Isafjarðardjúp, an arm of the Denmark Strait. It is a fishing port and has refrigeration plants, shrimp and fish-meal factories, shipyards, and machine workshops. It was chartered in 1866.
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Kakuei Tanaka - man of tangible power.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; KAKUEI Tanaka, Japan's best known political kingmaker...old Liberal and Democratic parties and Tanaka built up an influential network of supporters. Kakuei Tanaka joined the Cabinet of Nobusuke Kishi...
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Kakuei Tanaka Dies at 75; Japanese Prime Minister
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/17/1993; ; 700+ words
; Kakuei Tanaka, 75, a former prime minister of Japan...contributions. To his critics, Mr. Tanaka embodied the worst tendencies in Japanese...mainly in that they were made public. Kakuei Tanaka was born on May 4, 1918, in an often...
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KAKUEI TANAKA; FORMER JAPAN PREMIER.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 12/17/1993; 700+ words
; ...Byline: Associated Press TOKYO -- Kakuei Tanaka, one of postwar Japan's most powerful...man with little formal education, Tanaka, known as "the bulldozer," became...Partially paralyzed by a stroke in 1985, Tanaka was being treated for diabetes at...
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Kakuei Tanaka, Former Prime Minister of Japan
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/17/1993; 610 words
; Kakuei Tanaka, 75, a former prime minister of Japan...Tokyo hospital. He had diabetes. Mr. Tanaka served only two years as head of government...was forced to resign as prime minister, Tanaka was arrested and charged with taking a...
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Come on, Tanaka, let the good times roll. (Kakuei Tanaka)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 9/12/1988; ; 700+ words
; Campers snarl the highways out of Tokyo. At the American Embassy, the queue for tourist visas grew so long that a passport drop-off box had to be installed. And an onslaught of beachbound youths foreed some train lines to ban surfboards during rush hour. Is the world's most formidable work force
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Rapid rise, steep descent: Populist Tanaka follows father's footsteps and resigns from Parliament
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/9/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...father, former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who resigned over a bribery scandal...critical expose of her, Makiko Tanaka: A Study, hit the bookstores...Tachibana, whose 1974 piece, Kakuei Tanaka: A Study, contributed to the...
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Fur Flies Around Japan's Foreign Minister; For Tanaka, Diplomacy Takes a Back Seat as Quarrels With Colleagues Escalate
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/5/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...million in secret funds for his own use. Tanaka vowed to get to the bottom of the scandal...and keeping her in the dark on key issues. Tanaka, the daughter of former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, has won many fans by standing up to the...
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RULING FURTHER ECLIPSES TANAKA
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/30/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...power broker, former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, edged closer to political oblivion...law after the court's ruling, Tanaka said he hoped his innocence would...observers said it is unlikely that Tanaka will ever set foot in jail. Since...
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Tanaka Leaving Japan's Legislature
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/15/1989; ; 681 words
; Former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, a towering figure who brought big...announced his retirement from parliament. Tanaka, 71, a self-made man and an outsider...after a series of scandals this year. Tanaka has not taken his seat in parliament...
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Japan's Ex-Prime Minister Tanaka Demonstrates He Remains a Force;New Year's Ritual Signals Partial Recovery From Stroke
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/3/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...premature. Former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, 68, was felled by a stroke two...Takeshita, the man who broke with Tanaka just before his stroke in an attempt...the door. "I regret that Teacher Tanaka is not receiving New Year's guests...
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Kakuei Tanaka
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Kakuei Tanaka Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993) was the most controversial of the post-World War...LDP) he dominated Japanese politics for many years. Although Tanaka Kakuei served as prime minister for only two years, he was instrumental...
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Tanaka Kakuei
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Tanaka Kakuei (b. 4 May 1918, d. 16 Dec. 1993). Prime Minister of Japan 1972–4 Tanaka Kakuei, the ‘bulldozer-computer’ of postwar Japanese...
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Tokyu Land Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Real Estate Co., Ltd. changed its name to Tokyu Land Corporation. Also during the early 1970s, Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka ’ s plan to redistribute Japan ’ s industrial development away from the traditional centers of...
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Japanese political leader and prime minister (1982-87). He served in the Diet after 1946. A political ally of Kakuei Tanaka , Nakasone succeeded Zenko Suzuki as prime minister. He increased Japan's military strength and established closer...
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Nakasone Yasuhiro
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...October 1982 and held power until his resignation in 1987, despite the damage done to his party by the involvement of Kakuei Tanaka in the Lockheed corruption scandal. His domestic policies were based on a package of administrative, fiscal, and...
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