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Kiichi Miyazawa
Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993.
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993 · politician · also Kiichi Miyazawa, Miyazawa
Born 8 October 1919 · Died 28 June 2007 · Q315565
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2024· 1 entry
朝日新聞社: Memorial hall to Kiichi Miyazawa opens 17 years after his death
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2007· 3 entries
SFGate: Kiichi Miyazawa -- Japan prime minister
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UPI: Former Japan PM Kiichi Miyazawa dead
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Died 2007-06-28.
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2006· 1 entry
UPI: Topic: Kiichi Miyazawa
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance (2001–2001).
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1998· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1998–2001).
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Miyazawa replaced Hikaru Matsunaga as finance minister
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1993· 1 entry
After losing a vote of no confidence marking an end to 38 years of Liberal Democratic Party government
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1992· 1 entry
While he was in South Korea, he formally apologized for Japan's use of comfort women, making him the first Japanese leader to acknowledge that Japan's military coerced women into sexual slavery before and during the Seco
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1991· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1991–1993).
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But was forced to resign after the 1993 election after a failure to pass political reforms caused his Liberal Democratic Party to face its first defeat in a national election since its formation in 1955
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (1987–1988).
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1980· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief Cabinet Secretary (1980–1982).
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1967· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of Japan (1967–2003).
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1961· 1 entry
Miyazawa accompanied Ikeda to a summit meeting with U
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1953· 3 entries
And held a number of prominent posts, including international trade and industry minister under Eisaku Sato, foreign minister under Takeo Miki, director of the Economic Planning Agency under Takeo Fukuda, chief cabinet s
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Career landmark: member of the House of Councillors (1953–1965).
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At Ikeda's urging, Miyazawa ran for and won election to the Upper House of the National Diet, where he remained until moving to the Lower House in 1967
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1949· 1 entry
The book is about Miyazawa's views concerning the relationships between the US and Japan in terms of the political, economic, and security-related negotiations during the period of 1949 and 1954.
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1942· 1 entry
Miyazawa joined the Ministry of Finance, avoiding military service during World War II
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1939· 1 entry
Just before the outbreak of the Second World War
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1919· 1 entry
Born 1919-10-08.
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