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Noboru Takeshita
Noboru Takeshita was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989.
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 · politician · head of government · also Noboru Takeshita, Takeshita Noboru, Takeshita
Born 26 February 1924 · Died 19 June 2000 · Q315561
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2023· 1 entry
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2021· 1 entry
Chicago Tribune: Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita`s beleaguered…
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2011· 1 entry
southcoasttoday: Noboru Takeshita, former Japanese prime minister, dead at 76
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2000· 2 entries
Died 2000-06-19.
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And served as leader of his old Takeshita faction (now known as the Heisei Kenkyūkai faction) from 2018 until his death in September 2021
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Renmin University of China (1994).
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Coupled with new campaign finance regulations and the ongoing economic slump that followed the Japanese asset price bubble, weakened the power of factions in Japanese politics
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1989· 1 entry
After being implicated in the Recruit scandal, but continued to lead the largest LDP faction until his death in 2000
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1987· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1987–1989).
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Takeshita became head of the Liberal Democratic Party and succeeded Yasuhiro Nakasone as prime minister
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1976· 2 entries
And found guilty by a lower court in 1983, placing pressure on his political strength
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Career landmark: Minister of Construction (1976–1976).
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1971· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief Cabinet Secretary (1971–1972).
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1958· 2 entries
And served as chief cabinet secretary in 1971–1972 and in 1974, and as finance minister from 1979–1980, 1982–1986, and in 1988, during which he signed the Plaza Accord in 1985
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Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of Japan (1958–2000).
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1948· 1 entry
Takeshita's two other younger half-siblings were Saburō (born 1948) and Sakae.
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1946· 1 entry
His younger half-brother, Wataru (1946–2021) was a reporter with NHK, who then began working for Noboru as an aide in 1985.
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-02-26.
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