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Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka Kakuei
Tanaka Kakuei (1918–93) Japanese statesman. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1947, his career was briefly interrupted by a bribery scandal soon after, but from 1957 he served successively as Minister of Communications, Minister of Finance (in three different cabinets) and Minister of International Trade. In 1972 he became Japan's youngest post-war Prime Minister (1972–74). He was forced to resign as a result of a bribery scandal in December 1974 and in 1976 had to face accusations of responsibility for the Lockheed scandal, relating to the corrupt sale of US military aircraft to Japan. During lengthy legal proceedings against him he remained a powerful force within the ruling
LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment in 1983, but launched an appeal, which had reached the Supreme Court of Japan by October 1992. He was disabled by a severe stroke in 1985 and by 1987 his intra-party faction had disintegrated.
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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KAKUEI TANAKA; FORMER PREMIER OF JAPAN HURT BY BRIBERY SCANDAL.(News)(Obituary\Kakuei Tanaka {Headline}Kakuei Tanaka; Former Premier Of Japan Hurt By Bribery Scandal {Lead} Kakuei Tanaka, Who Served As Japan's Prime Minister From 1972 To 1974 Andretained Immense Political Power Even After He Was Convicted Of Bribery, Diedthursday (Dec. 16, 1993) In A Tokyo Hospital. He Was 75.)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 12/17/1993; 700+ words
; Kakuei Tanaka, who served as Japan's prime minister...in a Tokyo hospital. He was 75. Mr. Tanaka was being treated for diabetes at Tokyo...died of pneumonia, said his son, Naoki Tanaka. For more than a decade, Mr. Tanaka...
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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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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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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; 611 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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LEAD: Tanaka voices willingness to run in general election.
Newspaper article from: Japan Policy & Politics; 10/6/2003; 700+ words
; ...if I ran under the current situation,'' Tanaka, daughter of late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, told her supporters. Tanaka declined to...s No. 5 electoral district, which was Kakuei Tanaka's political territory. They are the LDP...
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Tanaka to run in general election as independent.
Newspaper article from: Japan Policy & Politics; 10/14/2003; 571 words
; ...Democratic Party (LDP) for doing so. Tanaka, daughter of the late Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, resigned from the lower house in August...the Niigata No. 5 district, which was Kakuei Tanaka's political territory. They are the LDP...
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Tanaka visits alma mater, meets old friends in Philadelphia.
Newspaper article from: Japan Policy & Politics; 6/23/2001; 700+ words
; ...Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka talked about boyfriends, nurtured...together in their senior year because Tanaka at that time was thinking of continuing...the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, before graduation. Rovetti said...
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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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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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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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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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