(August 22, 1938 – May 23, 2017) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), the Sunrise Party of Japan and former member of the

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, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing

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's first electoral district until his defeat in the

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. He was

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to Prime Minister

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from August 2007 to September 2007, and Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy in

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's administration from February to September 2009.

Political career

Born the grandson of poets

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and

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in Tokyo, Yosano graduated from the

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in 1963. In 1972 he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives, then served as secretary to

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. He ran again in 1976 and was elected. On August 27, 2007, he was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, replacing

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. He was replaced by

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succeeded Abe.''

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'', "Fukuda's new lineup", August 3, 2008. He was appointed as Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister of Regulatory Reform on August 1, 2008. Timothy Geithner and Kaoru Yosano 20090424

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Following the resignation of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Yosano announced his candidacy for the LDP presidency on September 8, 2008: In the leadership election, held on September 22, 2008,

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and

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announced their plans to leave the LDP to establish a new political party, the Sunrise Party of Japan. He left the Sunrise Party on 13 January 2011 to join the

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's cabinet as Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy. Yosano was known for advocating an increase in the

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to reconstruct the nation's debt-ridden fiscal structure. After joining the DPJ government, he drew up the plans for the 2012 consumption tax increase. The legislation was passed through the House of Representatives on June 26, 2012 and passed the Upper House on August 10, 2012.

Personal life and death

His hobbies included

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, making computers, photography, fishing, and playing Japanese board games. He was a

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. It was announced on September 5, 2012 that he would not run for re-election as he was suffering from throat cancer and had difficulty speaking. Yosano died on May 23, 2017.

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