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  Kakuei Tanaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄 Tanaka Kakuei May 4, 1918–December 16, 1993) was a Japanese politician and the 64th and 65th Prime Minister of Japan from July 7, 1972 to December 22, 1972 and from December 22, 1972 to December 9, 1974 respectively.
Fukuda and Tanaka soon became the two battling heir apparents of Satō's faction, and their rivalry was dubbed by the Japanese press as the "Kaku-Fuku War." Despite the scandal, Tanaka made a record showing in the 1967 general election, and Satō re-appointed him as secretary general, moving Fukuda to the post of finance minister.
Makiko Tanaka, who was not associated with Etsuzankai, was elected to her father's old seat in Niigata in 1991, and became foreign minister in the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi in 2001.
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 Tanaka Kakuei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tanaka Kakuei (田中 角栄 May 4, 1918 - December 16, 1993) was a Japanese politician and the 64th and 65th Prime Minister from July 7,1972 to December 22,1972 and from December 22, 1972 to December 9, 1974 respectively.
Fukuda and Tanaka soon became the two battling heir apparents of Sato's faction, and their rivalry was dubbed by the Japanese press as the "Kaku-Fuku War." Despite the scandal, Tanaka made a record showing in the 1967 general election, and Sato re-appointed him as secretary general, moving Fukuda to the post of finance minister.
Makiko Tanaka, who was not associated with Etsuzankai, was elected to her father's old seat in Niigata in 1991, and became foreign minister in the cabinet of Koizumi Junichiro in 2001.
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 Kakuei Tanaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄 Tanaka Kakuei May 4, 1918–December 16, 1993) was a Japanese politician and the 64th and 65th Prime Minister of Japan from July 7,1972 to December 22,1972 and from December 22, 1972 to December 9, 1974 respectively.
Tanaka was born into a rural family with seven children in, Niigata Prefecture.
When Satō became prime minister in 1965, Tanaka was slated to become the LDP's new secretary general, but the emergence of the, where Tanaka was accused of shady land deals in Tokyo, meant that Takeo Fukuda got the job instead.
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 Kakuei Tanaka: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kakuei left school after the equivalent of the eighth grade and went to work in the construction (construction: The act of constructing or building something) business, and soon moved to Tokyo (Tokyo: The capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan).
Despite this, Tanaka announced his candidacy for the 1949 general election, and was released from prison in January after securing bail (bail: The legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)).
Makiko Tanaka (Makiko Tanaka: makiko tanaka (tanaka makiko, born in nishiyama,...
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 Tanaka, Kakuei - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Tanaka, Kakuei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the Diet (Japanese parliament) from 1947, Tanaka was minister of finance 1962–65 and of international trade and industry 1971–72, before becoming LDP leader.
Tanaka's meteoric political rise culminated in his becoming post-war Japan's youngest prime minister in 1972.
The Tanaka political dynasty survived Kakuei's death with his daughter, Makiko, representing his former parliamentary seat from 1993.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Tanaka,%20Kakuei   (262 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kakuei Tanaka (Japanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Kakuei Tanaka[kAkOO´A tAnA´kA] Pronunciation Key, 1918–93, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1972–74).
Tanaka was also minister of finance (1962–65) and minister of international trade and industry (1971–72) before succeeding Eisaku Sato as prime minister.
Tanaka was forced to resign (1974) because of alleged financial malfeasance.
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 CNN.com - China talks will test Japan's Tanaka - May 22, 2001
The overseas debut by Tanaka, the daughter of late political kingmaker Kakuei Tanaka and Japan's first female foreign minister, comes as Tokyo is locked in thorny disputes with Beijing and Seoul over wartime history and current-day trade.
Tanaka will hold bilateral talks with her counterparts from China and South Korea on the sidelines of a two-day gathering of top diplomats from Asia and Europe starting on Thursday.
Tanaka came under fire in parliament this week after Japanese media reported that she had assured Beijing that Tokyo would issue no more visas to Taiwan's Lee -- a position that would appear to put her at odds with Koizumi, who supported the move.
edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/bc.japan.diplomacy.tanaka   (697 words)

  
 Kakuei Tanaka - a political biography of modern Japan:
Tanaka didn't live to see the Hosokawa Government fall after just eight months, only to be followed by yet another alumnus of the old Tanaka Faction, 58 year old Tsutomu Hata.
Tanaka and Long are despised for the way they did things, but loved for what they did on behalf of their previously forgotten constituents.
In the case of Kakuei Tanaka, one thing is for sure: when the question is asked, "What kind of men rebuilt Japan from the ashes of the Pacific War?" a significant part of that answer will be men like Kakuei Tanaka.
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 Biography of Kakuei Tanaka | Life of Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993) was the most controversial of the post-World War II prime ministers of Japan.
The only prime minister since World War I not to have attended a university, he served with distinction as the minister in three of the all-important economic ministries and may come to be seen as the author of the body of communication law which permitted Japan to slide so readily into the information age.
A sympathetic interpretation of Tanaka and his brand of politics is Chalmers Johnson, "Tanaka Kakuei, Structural Corruption, and the Advent of Machine Politics in Japan," in Journal of Japanese Politics 12 (January 1986).
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Tanaka said she was very glad to have the chance to meet Chairman Li Peng and his wife again.
Tanaka, the daughter of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, said she told Deng Pufang, president of the Chinese Federation for the Disabled: "We both had prominent politicians as fathers.
Tanaka said she met the younger Deng for the first time when she accompanied her father to China 10 years ago on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations.
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 Tanaka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tanaka (田中 "in the ricefield") is the 4th most common Japanese surname.
It may also refer to Tanaka Memorial an alleged Japanese war planning document.
Tanaka Power Equipment, makers of small internal combustion engines and associated machinery
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 Tanaka, Kakuei on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
TANAKA, KAKUEI [Tanaka, Kakuei], 1918-93, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1972-74).
Tanaka was also minister of finance (1962-65) and minister of international trade and industry (1971-72) before succeeding Eisaku Sato as prime minister.
Tanaka, 57, is best known as the daughter of late premier Kakuei Tanaka, Japan's most powerful post-war politician.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tanaka-K1.asp   (477 words)

  
 Obituary: Kakuei Tanaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
KAKUEI TANAKA, 75, former Japanese Prime Minister; of pneumonia; in Tokyo.
After he was elected to the Diet in 1947, Tanaka used his personal wealth to rise rapidly through the ranks, becoming at 54 the youngest Prime Minister of postwar Japan.
In 1983 Tanaka was sentenced to four years in prison for taking a $2 million bribe, though he never served a day in prison, and his corrupt legacy still shadows Japanese politics.
vikingphoenix.com /public/rongstad/bio-obit/kktanaka.htm   (121 words)

  
 Tanaka Kakuei --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Tanaka was the only son of a bankrupt cattle dealer.
Tanaka established a construction company when he was 18.
She was criticized by members of the Diet, Japan's parliament, which did not permit her to represent Japan at the United Nations General Assembly in November, and...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9071144   (521 words)

  
 Life Story
Tanaka’s main platform was building a network of new highways and bullet train lines to formerly neglected regions in northeast Japan and facing the Japan Sea.
Tanaka too was soon to become a victim of this strange sensitivity to what we foreigners have to say about their leaders.
Prime Minister Tanaka had not helped with his proudly announced policy of shigen gaiko, or resources diplomacy, which said that since the world was running out of food and raw materials, Japan had to embark on an active diplomacy to secure longterm stable sources of raw materials and food supplies.
www.gregoryclark.net /life6.html   (10383 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Tanaka Giichi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Giichi Tanaka (1864-1929), Japanese soldier and statesman, born in the Choshu domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture), and educated at the Imperial...
In 1926 Hirohito, the unassuming grandson of Emperor Meiji, succeeded to the throne.
Born in rural Niigata prefecture, Tanaka founded a local construction company whose considerable...
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 Wackipedia [redneck] - Kakuei_Tanaka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kakuei Tunaka (田中 角栄 Tunaka Kakuei May 4, 1918–December 16, 1993) was a Japunese politiciann an' th' 64th an' 65th Prime Meenister of Japann fum July 7,1972 ta December 22,1972 an' fum December 22, 1972 ta December 9, 1974 respectively.
He was also th' most influential member of th' rulin' LDP until th' mid-1980's, when he fell fum power after a lorng surries of scundals.
Kakuei left school after th' equivalent of th' eighth grade an' went ta wo'k in th' construcshun buseeness, an' soon moved ta Tokyo.
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 BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Profile: Makiko Tanaka
Ms Tanaka was even disciplined for her remarks about former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi after his death last year.
She is the daughter of former 1970s Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) kingmaker Kakuei Tanaka, and has clashed with powerful figures in the ruling party on many occasions.
Ms Tanaka believed that her ageing father was betrayed by a breakaway faction during a 1985 LDP feud.
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 Contemporary Review: Kakuei Tanaka - man of tangible power.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kakuei Tanaka directly influenced Japanese politics as an active member of the Liberal Party from 1947 up to his death in 1993.
Tanaka began his political career as mamber of the Japanese Parliament in 1947 and became Minister of Postal Services as well as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Hayato Ikeda.
KAKUEI Tanaka, Japan's best known political kingmaker, served as Japan's Sori-Daijin (Prime Minister) during...
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 Kakuei Tanaka Biography / Biography of Kakuei Tanaka Biography
As the leader of the largest faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) he dominated Japanese politics for many years.
Although Tanaka Kakuei served as prime minister for only two years, he was instrumental in bringing three successor prime ministers to office and ensuring that his predecessor stayed in office longer than any other prime minister.
Each Biography is written by a biographical expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the individual.
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 Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka, Kakuei, 1918–93, Japanese political leader and prime minister (1972–74).
Tanaka was also minister of finance (1962–65) and minister of international trade and industry (1971–72) before succeeding Eisaku
won control of the LDP faction Tanaka had led.
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 Life Story
He wrote a long article outlining alleged wrongdoings by Tanaka in a public works land deal in his (Tanaka’s) native Niigata prefecture.
They, and they alone, had had the courage to confront a corrupt prime minister in his den, and force him to be replaced.
Today Tanaka has come to be seen as one of Japan’s better and more dynamic prime ministers.
www.gregoryclark.net /life/life7.html   (10396 words)

  
 Tanaka - new and used books
Laid in loose a compliments from the author - Kakuei Tanaka, Primeminister of Japan.
TANAKA, KAKUEI - Buiding a New Japan a Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago
A collection of wildlife photography by Tanaka in Japan; bilingual captions; brief comments on each photo in English in a section at the rear.
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 Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China
Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka of Japan visited the People's Republic of China at the invitation of Premier of the State Council Chou En-lai of the People's Republic of China from September 25 to September 30, 1972.
Accompanying Prime Minister Tanaka were Minister for Foreign Affairs Masayoshi Ohira, Chief Cabinet Secretary Susumu Nikaido and other government officials.
Chairman Mao Tse-tung met Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on September 27.
www.mofa.go.jp /region/asia-paci/china/joint72.html   (750 words)

  
 Fukuda, Takeo --  Encyclopædia Britannica
July 5, 1995, Tokyo, Japan), was a pragmatic politician whose career during the 1970s was dominated by a battle with Kakuei Tanaka for the leadership of the Liberal-Democratic Party (LDP).
After graduating (1929) from Tokyo University, Fukuda entered the Finance Ministry, where he remained until 1950, when he was indicted on charges of taking…
After graduating (1929) from Tokyo University, Fukuda entered the Finance Ministry, where he remained until 1950, when...
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