“Problems like Okinawa [and the American military base there] can be solved by talking together.”
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Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, pursuing a hawkish and pro-United States foreign policy and his rejection of Keynesianism and his support of neoliberalism.
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politics · Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987 · politician · also Yasuhiro Nakasone, Nakasone Yasuhiro, Nakasone
Born 27 May 1918 · Died 29 November 2019 · Q250828
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2026· 2 entries
Time: Yasuhiro Nakasone
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2019· 7 entries
Died 2019-11-29.
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Reuters: Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dies at 101 - NHK
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clickondetroit.com: Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dead at 101
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Awarded Junior First Rank (2019).
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Awarded Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (2019).
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“We must try to change Japan's industrial structure so it will not be harmful to others. Otherwise Japan might face the chance of disappearing from earth overnight, like Carthage. Can we go on living with surpluses of $30 billion to $40 billion a year? It's like playing Mah-Jong – if you keep winning, nobody plays with you any more.”
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“With its high standard of living achieved through untiring efforts, Japan is today on the verge of a new metamorphosis and transformation. ... We must achieve true internationalization in our society, economy and other fields.”
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2010· 1 entry
"aware of his status as one of the few leaders revered across Japan's suddenly fractured political landscape" and the country's "most revered elder statesman", Nakasone launched a series of interviews to address the dire
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2004· 1 entry
Attended the funeral of his old friend Ronald Reagan
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2003· 1 entry
Despite a fight, Nakasone was not given a place on the LDP's electoral list as the party, by then led by Jun'ichirō Koizumi, introduced an age limit of 73 years for candidates in the proportional representation blocks, e
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (1997).
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1987· 3 entries
Was implicated in the Recruit scandal, causing the influence of his LDP faction to wane before he retired from the Diet in 2003
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Was forced to resign after he attempted to introduce a value added tax to reduce the burden of direct taxes in a policy designed to cut the budget deficit
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And was implicated, along with other LDP lawmakers, in the Recruit scandal that broke the following year
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1986· 6 entries
Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (1986).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1986–1987).
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“s international mission to spread the monsoon culture abroad. On 15 August 1985, the fortieth anniversary of Japan”
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Nakasone dismissed his Education Minister, Masayuki Fujio, after he justified Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910
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Nakasone said it was Japan's international mission to spread the monsoon culture abroad
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The Commission recommended that Japan should grow not through exports (which were angering Japan's trading partners) but from within
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1985· 1 entry
Nakasone appointed the former Governor of the Bank of Japan, Haruo Maekawa, to head a commission on Japan's economic future
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1984· 1 entry
Nakasone visited China on the twelfth anniversary of Japan's diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic, for which the Chinese government arranged tours of China for 3,000 Japanese youths
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1983· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1983–1986).
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1982· 2 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Japan (1982–1983).
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Nakasone became prime minister
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1972· 1 entry
Because he switched his support from Takeo Fukuda to Kakuei Tanaka in the leadership election, ensuring Tanaka's victory
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1959· 1 entry
Under the government of Nobusuke Kishi, then Minister of Transport in 1967, Director General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1970 to 1971, Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1972 and Minister of Administrat
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1955· 1 entry
At Nakasone's urging, the government granted the equivalent of $14,000,000 to the Agency for Industrial Science and Technology to begin nuclear power research
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1952· 1 entry
For blaming Emperor Hirohito for Japan's defeat in the war
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1951· 1 entry
Delivered a 28-page letter to General MacArthur criticising the occupation, a brazen move
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1947· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the House of Representatives of Japan (1947–2003).
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And rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving as chief of the Defense Agency from 1970 to 1971 under Eisaku Satō, international trade and industry minister from 1972 to 1974 under Kakuei Tanaka, and
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1935· 1 entry
Where he excelled in history and literature, and learned to speak fluent French
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1918· 2 entries
Born 1918-05-27.
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Nakasone was born in Takasaki in Gunma, a prefecture northwest of Tokyo, on 27 May 1918.
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1912· 1 entry
And established a timber business and lumberyard which had success as a result of the post-WWI building boom
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