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Yōhei Kōno
is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as speaker for the longest length since the set up of House of Representatives in 1890. He was the president of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations from 1999 to 2013. Japan Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 13 June 2012. Early life and education Kōno was born on 15 January 1937, in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, the eldest son of politician ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Prime Minister Of Japan
The is the second highest-ranking officer of the executive branch of the government of Japan after the prime minister of Japan, and ranks first in the line of succession to the prime minister. The office of the deputy prime minister is not a permanent position, and exists only at the discretion of the prime minister. The deputy prime minister is appointed by the prime minister and must be a member of the cabinet, for instance Taro Aso served as Minister of Finance concurrently. Should the prime minister be incapacitated or resign, the deputy prime minister does not automatically succeed to the position, but instead exercises the duties of the prime minister until the National Diet , transcription_name = ''Kokkai'' , legislature = 215th Session of the National Diet , coa_pic = Flag of Japan.svg , house_type = Bicameral , houses = , foundation=29 November 1890(), leader1_type ... elects a successor. Tarō Asō was the longest-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives (Japan)
The is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives of Japan, and together with the President of the House of Councillors, the Speaker is also the head of the Government of Japan, legislative branch of Japan. The Speaker is elected by members of the House at the start of each session, and can serve for a maximum of four years. The current Speaker of the House of Representatives is Fukushiro Nukaga, who took office on 20 October 2023. Selection The election of the Speaker takes place on the day of the new session, under the moderation of the Secretary-General of the House. The Speaker is elected by an anonymous vote, and must have at least half of the votes in order to take office. If no one gets over half of the votes, the top two candidates will be voted again, and if they get the same number of votes, the Speaker is elected by a lottery. The Vice Speaker is elected separately, in the same way. Usually, the Speaker is a senior memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keizō Obuchi
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1998 to 2000. Born in Gunma Prefecture, Obuchi graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the National Diet in 1963, becoming one of the youngest legislators in Japanese history. He rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party, serving as director of the Okinawa Development Agency from 1979 to 1980, chief cabinet secretary under Noboru Takeshita from 1987 to 1989, and foreign minister under Ryutaro Hashimoto from 1997 to 1998, where he distinguished himself during talks with Russia on the Kuril Islands dispute. Obuchi became prime minister in 1998, and during his tenure tried to conclude a peace treaty with Russia to formally end World War II, and attempted to revive Japan's stagnant economy by raising public spending and lowering income taxes. In 2000, Obuchi suddenly fell into a coma and died six weeks later. Early life Obuchi was born on 25 June 1937 in Nakanojō, Gunma Prefectu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiichi Takeuchi
Reiichi (written: ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Nordic combined skier {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuhiro Nakasone
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies and pursuing a hawkish and pro-U.S. foreign policy. Born in Gunma Prefecture, Nakasone graduated from Tokyo Imperial University and served in the imperial navy during the Pacific War. After the war, he entered the National Diet in 1947 and rose through the ranks of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, serving as chief of the Minister of Defense (Japan)#Director general of the Defense Agency, Defense Agency from 1970 to 1971 under Eisaku Satō, international trade and industry minister from 1972 to 1974 under Kakuei Tanaka, and administration minister from 1980 to 1982 under Zenkō Suzuki. As prime minister, he passed large defense budgets and controversially visited the Yasukuni Shrine. A conservative contemporary of U.S. president Ronald Reagan, Nak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayoshi Takemura
was a Japanese politician. Elected as a representative of the Liberal Democratic Party, in 1993 he broke away to form New Party Sakigake, before joining the newly formed Democratic Party of Japan in 1997. He served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and then finance minister in the Murayama Cabinet of the mid-1990s. Early life Takemura was born in Gamō District in Shiga Prefecture to a family of farmers. Initially studying engineering at Nagoya University, he graduated from University of Tokyo studying education and finance. He began his professional life as a bureaucrat in the home affairs ministry. Political career After leaving the ministry, he was elected mayor of Yōkaichi in Shiga Prefecture, and then became the governor of Shiga Prefecture and served in the post from 1974 to 1986. He was elected to the Lower House in 1986 as a representative of the Liberal Democratic Party. In 1993 he split from the LDP to found the New Party Sakigake.Sanger, David E. (25 June 1993)I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koichi Kato (LDP)
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who held a seat in the House of Representatives in the National Diet for 13 terms between 1972 and 2012. Kato was elected to several districts in Yamagata Prefecture and served as the Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency from 1984 to 1986 and Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1991 to 1992. Kato was a leading member of the Kōchikai faction of the LDP aligned with Prime Ministers Masayoshi Ōhira, Zenkō Suzuki, and Kiichi Miyazawa. Kato lost his seat at the December 2012 general election, and his daughter Ayuko Kato was elected to the seat at the 2014 general election. Early life Kato was born on 17 June 1939 in Higashi Ward, Nagoya, and raised in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture. His father, , was a politician who served as mayor of Tsuruoka from 1946 before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1952, serving for five terms until 1965. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Kato joined the Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiki Kaifu
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Born in Nagoya, Kaifu graduated from Waseda University and was first elected to the Diet in 1960 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as education minister from 1976 to 1977 under Takeo Fukuda, and from 1985 to 1986 under Yasuhiro Nakasone. In 1989, Kaifu became prime minister after the resignations of the last two premiers, Noboru Takeshita and Sosuke Uno, amid various scandals; he was chosen in part because of his clean image. During his tenure, Kaifu worked to improve relations with China and made large financial contributions to the coalition in the Persian Gulf War. After his attempts at political reform were unsuccessful, Kaifu resigned as prime minister in 1991 and was replaced by Kiichi Miyazawa. Early life and education Kaifu was born on 2 January 1931, in Nagoya City, the eldest of six brothers. His family's business Nakamura Photo Studio was established by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadao Yamahana
was a Japanese politician who served as chairman of the Japan Socialist Party from January 1993 to September 1993. Yamahana led his party into coalition with other opposition parties to form the first non- LDP cabinet since 1955, led by Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa. Yamahana served as Minister in charge of political reform in the same cabinet. Yamahana later left the Socialists and became a founding member of the Democratic Party. Biography Sadao Yamahana was born on February 26, 1936, the day of the February 26 incident, in Tokyo. His father Hideo Yamahana was a labour activist who was arrested several times for alleged subversion during Sadao's early childhood in the wartime period. After the surrender of Japan, Hideo became a founding member of the Japan Socialist Party and was elected to the National Diet. Sadao Yamahana studied law at Chuo University, graduating in 1958. As a lawyer he served on the legal team of the Japan Socialist Party and the Sohyo. After his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morihiro Hosokawa
is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994. He led an eight-party coalition government which was the first Japanese government not headed by a Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) premier since 1955. Born to a prominent family in Kumamoto Prefecture, Hosokawa is a grandson of Prince Fumimaro Konoe. He graduated from Sophia University before working at the The Asahi Shimbun, ''Asahi Shimbun'' newspaper, and was elected to the National Diet in 1971 before leaving to serve as governor of his home prefecture from 1983 to 1991. In 1992, Hosokawa left the LDP to found the reformist Japan New Party, which won 35 seats in the 1993 Japanese general election, 1993 general election. The LDP lost its governing majority, which was replaced by an eight-party coalition led by Hosokawa. He initiated electoral reforms before Tsutomu Hata's Japan Renewal Party took over leadership of the coalition in 1994. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
