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Tanaka Leaving Japan's Legislature
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Former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka, a towering figure who
brought big money into power politics and wielded huge influence for
years after his conviction in the Lockheed bribery case, today
announced his retirement from parliament.
Tanaka, 71, a self-made man and an outsider, bulled his way to
power in 1972 through force of personality and close ties to
construction barons and other financial powerhouses. He helped
create-and became the symbol of-the system of "money-politics" that
has helped Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party stay in
power, but has now brought the party to a ...
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