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	Noboru Takeshita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noboru Takeshita (竹下登 Takeshita Noboru, February 26, 1924–June 19, 2000) was a Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan from November 6, 1987 to June 3, 1989.
		Takeshita served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1971 to 1974, as Minister of Construction in 1976, and as Minister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1986 (in which capacity he became famous for signing the Plaza Accord).
		The Recruit scandal forced Takeshita to resign in 1989: although Takeshita was accused of insider trading and corruption, he was never charged and was able to retain his seat in the Diet until shortly before his death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noboru_Takeshita (427 words)

	Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Noboru Takeshita, Former Japanese Prime Minister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Noboru Takeshita, Former Japanese Prime Minister 1924-2000 Former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, the man referred to in political circles as "The Shadow Shogun" and "Kingmaker" died of respiratory failure June 19th, 2000 at Kitazato Hospital.
		Takeshita held a number of official offices throughout his career, but was perhaps best known and respected as a behind-the-scenes force in his country's government.
		Takeshita was never formally charged though one of his aides committed suicide during the investigation before he was required to testify in the investigation.
	obits.com /takashitan.html (407 words)

	Noboru Takeshita, former Japanese prime minister, dead at 76: 6/19/00
		Takeshita, who served as premier from 1987 to 1989, announced his retirement from politics last month after more than a year in the hospital.
		Takeshita was forced from office after admitting to accepting illicit stock and cash donations from Recruit Co., a marketing and information firm.
		A son of a sake brewer, Takeshita was a graduate of the prestigious Waseda University in Tokyo.
	www.s-t.com /daily/06-00/06-19-00/a08wn054.htm (465 words)

	AllRefer.com - Noboru Takeshita (Japanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Noboru Takeshita[tAkesh´tA] Pronunciation Key, 1924–2000, Japanese politician, b.
		The son of a sake brewer, he was first elected to parliament in 1958 and served as chief cabinet secretary, construction minister, and finance minister (1979–80, 1982–86).
		A skillful practitioner of patronage-based machine politics, Takeshita remained leader of his faction in the LDP and was a powerful behind-the-scenes political figure in Japan through the 1990s.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Takeshit.html (241 words)

	Kakuei Tanaka - a political biography of modern Japan:
		It is ironic that Takeshita stood as the heir apparent to the Tanaka political legacy.
		Takeshita was born on February 26, 1924 in the village of Kakeya in Shimane Prefecture.
		Takeshita's political strength, to the degree he was able to develop it, was rooted in his relationship with Sato, not with Tanaka.
	www.rcrinc.com /tanaka/ch5-2.html (4901 words)

	ja_habatsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita is perhaps the most influential of the "shadow shoguns," constantly holding meetings in his home to help formulate national policy, but even he is more of a back-stage manipulator and sage than a secret dictator.
		Takeshita helped draw up a stimulus package earlier this year, and Miyazawa has been deeply involved throughout the crisis in mapping out economic policies, for he is a respected expert on Japan's financial system.
		Takeshita, in 1989, was forced to resign as prime minister because of a scandal.
	menic.utexas.edu /~bennett/__344/ja_habatsu.htm (1940 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Japanese kingmaker dies
		Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who was forced from office by scandal but remained a top powerbroker in Japanese politics, has died after a long illness.
		Mr Takeshita, 76, died of respiratory failure at a Tokyo hospital early on Monday.
		Mr Takeshita was forced from office in 1989 after admitting accepting illicit stock and cash donations from a marketing and information firm - he was never charged.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/796603.stm (341 words)

	Noboru Takeshita: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1958, he entered the lower house of the Diet of Japan (additional info and facts about Diet of Japan), joining the powerful faction of Kakuei Tanaka (additional info and facts about Kakuei Tanaka) in the Liberal Democratic Party (additional info and facts about Liberal Democratic Party).
		Like Tanaka, Takeshita was fond of "pork barrel (A legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents) " politics, retaining his own seat by bringing excessively huge public works (Structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use) projects to Shimane.
		Takeshita served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1971 to 1974, as Minister of Construction in 1976, and as Minister of Finance from 1979 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1986 (in which capacity he became famous for signing the Plaza Accord (additional info and facts about Plaza Accord)).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/no/noboru_takeshita.htm (299 words)

	CNN.com - Former Japanese PM dies; Nation's leaders pay respects - June 18, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita was survived by a wife and three daughters.
		It was believed Takeshita -- long considered a "shadow, shogun," or behind-the-scene fixer, and who remained a major force within the ruling LDP -- had handpicked Ono and Kaifu for the prime minister's office.
		Takeshita served as prime minister for almost two years beginning in 1987, but was forced to step down after admitting his participation in a stocks-for- favors scandal involving the Recruit Co.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/east/06/19/japan.takeshita (747 words)

	Loyal Samurai's Suicide: An Alarm Bell for Japan? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita - and it is easy to see why Japan's tabloids have seized on the image of a loyal samurai taking the blame for the acts that felled his leader.
		Takeshita resigned, he told many people that he felt personally responsible for the revelations of $1.5 million donated or lent to the Prime Minister from the Recruit Company, the fast-growing services enterprise at the center of Japan's recent political drama.
		Takeshita's resignation announcement, it was disclosed that Mr.
	classes.yale.edu /anth254a/article_bank/NYT_890518.htm (1056 words)

	Japan Policy & Politics: Takeshita supports FY 2003 target for fiscal austerity
		Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said Tuesday the target year of 2003 for obligatory fiscal deficit reduction in the fiscal austerity law should be maintained.
		Takeshita said a new clause will likely be added to the law to enable the government to issue enough deficit-covering bonds to accommodate pump-priming measures in the event of economic slumps.
		Takeshita said that if elections for the two houses of the Diet are held on the same day, it will complicate voting procedures.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_1998_April_27/ai_50315352 (458 words)

	PM - 'Shadow Shogun' of Japanese politics dies at 78
		Noboru had been in hospital for more than a year, but also in Parliament although he wasn't able to attend.
		Takeshita himself was Prime Minister for 19 brief months during the height of Japan's bubble economy at the end of the 1980s.
		It's said that at one stage the sign-up fee for an MP who joined the Takeshita faction was half a million dollars, with an annual payment for staying in the faction beyond that.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s141782.htm (845 words)

	Asia Times: Japan: Mr Pork-barrel quits - and now what?
		Former prime minister Noboru Takeshita, age 76, said on Monday that he will not run for re-election and retire from politics at the end of the current - his 14th - lower house of parliament term.
		Takeshita was prime minister from 1987-89, succeeding Yasuhiro Nakasone whom he had served as minister of finance.
		And indeed, though Takeshita has been hospitalized with a severe illness since April 1999, he has continued to impose his policy blend on the LDP and to date no serious personnel decisions have been made without him.
	www.atimes.com /editor/BE03Ba01.html (594 words)

	NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Search old newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita, a former finance minister who now is secretary of the governing party and head of its largest faction, will serve as prime minister and party president for at least two years after his expected confirmation.
		Takeshita, who prefers backroom consensus- building to Nakasone's more free-wheeling style of leadership, has said he will follow such major Nakasone policies as steering the economy to less dependence on exports, and maintaining the close security relationship with the United States.
		Takeshita and the other two candidates have pledged to continue Nakasone's policies of trans- forming the economy into one less dependent on exports, and of maintaining a close security rela- tionship with the United States.
	www.newspaperarchive.com /newspapers2/na0016/1425316/9282721.html (1192 words)

	Celebrity Deathwatch: Noboru Takeshita, Former Japanese Prime Minister, 76 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HKT (2344 GMT) TOKYO (AP) -- Former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who was forced from office by scandal but remained a top power broker in Japanese politics, died Monday after a long illness, news reports said.
		Despite his long absence from the spotlight, Takeshita is generally regarded as one of the most powerful figures in Japanese politics.
		Takeshita was forced from office in 1989 after admitting to accepting illicit stock and cash donations from Recruit Co., a marketing and information firm.
	slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00078.html (375 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Takeshita Noboru is hospitalized for treatment of spondylitis deformans, a spinal deformation caused by aging which puts pressure on the nervous system and causes back pain and paralysis in the limbs.
		Takeshita's predecessor as a shadow shogun, Tanaka Kakuei, also had a short tenure as premier and resigned because of various scandals.
		Takeshita was his successor as Japan's unofficial "kingmaker" in the 1990s.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/99/0618/nat8.html (805 words)

	Takeshita Noboru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita Noboru (竹下登 February 26 1924 – June 19 2000) was a Japanese politician and the Prime Minister from November 6 1987 to June 3 1989.
		Takeshita Noboru, Heisei keizai zeminaru: Suji de miru sengo no Nihon
		Takeshita seiji de Nihon wa yoku naru ka waruku naru ka?: Seiken juritsu ni itaru ningen dorama
	www.freeglossary.com /Noboru_Takeshita (121 words)

	Takeshita Noboru -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Takeshita, the son of a sake brewer, graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in 1947, after which he taught high school for four years.
		As minister of finance (1982–86), Takeshita signed the Plaza Accord, an agreement between the world's wealthy nations to lower the value of the dollar in an effort to reduce trade imbalances.
		In April 1988 he publicly disclosed that he and several aides had been among those politicians who had received stocks, donations, and loans from Recruit, a Japanese telecommunications firm that had made large financial contributions to many politicians in the hope of obtaining governmental favours.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9071017 (662 words)

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		Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita quietly cast off the shadow of a dynamic predecessor during his first year in office, but now faces two major tests: a political scandal and the approaching death of Emperor Hirohito.
		Takeshita's approach ``is a return to the traditional Japanese political style,'' says Yozo Yokota, professor of international law at International Christian University in Tokyo.
		Takeshita used adroit behind-the-scenes dealings and great skill at manipulating the party bureaucracy to work his way up through the ranks, and became leader of the largest faction of the governing Liberal Democrats in 1987.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881031-0122 (751 words)

	Time: Grapevine. (anecdotes on Noboru Takeshita; Duke and Duchess of Wales travels ; Maureen Reagan's aspirations and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita went out of his way to get himself invited to Washington this week.
		Takeshita frets that his personal relations with U.S. Presidents fall short of those enjoyed by his predecessor, the globetrotting Yasuhiro Nakasone.
		Because President Reagan and Nakasone were known as simply Ron and Yasu in the Tokyo press, Takeshita once asked that Reagan address him as Noboru for the benefit of Japanese reporters at a White...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:7014770&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (233 words)

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		Speaking at a televised news conference during which he kept a fixed smile on his face, Takeshita said he would step down as soon as the national budget, stalled in parliament since early March as a result of the scandal, was passed.
		Takeshita said he would still make a scheduled trip to several Southeast Asian countries starting on Saturday despite the crisis, due to the importance of relations with those nations.
		Takeshita is the fourth Japanese prime minister since 1945 to be forced from power as a result of political scandals.
	www.earnshaw.com /other_writings/content.cfm?ID=112 (744 words)

	Ozawa Ichiro as an Actor in Japan's Foreign Policy Making
		Takeshita, in his first cabinet formation, appointed former Home Affairs Minister Ozawa as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary to strengthen the Prime Minister's Office for the introduction of the new tax.
		Takeshita was well aware that it was quite exceptional to appoint a former cabinet member to this position.
		When Kanemaru Shin, chairman of the Takeshita faction, appointed Ozawa as LDP Secretary General of the Kaifu administration at the age of 47, there was no substantial opposition.
	www.iuj.ac.jp /research/wpap017.cfm (11293 words)

	International Economy, The: The Passing Of A Friend - Former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita - Brief Article - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, a friend of this magazine, died quietly on June 19th.
		Takeshita always sought common ground, unlike the other senior LDP party figures who worked together while conspiring against each other.
		Takeshita was the real, albeit invisible, leader of deregulation and modernization of the party and of Japanese politics -- even though his public reputation was the opposite.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2633/is_5_14/ai_66155074 (588 words)

	Kakuei Tanaka - a political biography of modern Japan:
		Takeshita would spend the next year denying that he associated with mobsters and fighting off demands that he resign from politics.
		Noboru Takeshita, who was allowed into Mejiro this time, said, "Tanaka was a political genius." "I served in the Tanaka Cabinet as his Chief Cabinet Secretary and I am very much indebted to him in public and private life."[68]
		Takeshita and Kanemaru knew they needed money, but what they lacked was Tanaka's covert and overt skill in using it.
	www.rcrinc.com /tanaka/ch5-4.html (8976 words)

	Noboru Takeshita -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		At the culmination of a political career that had lasted more than 25 years, Noboru Takeshita was elected prime minister of Japan in 1987.
		The son of a sake brewer, Takeshita was born on Feb. 26, 1924, in Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
		Kanemaru had been forced to resign as head of the faction that had ties to former prime minister Noboru Takeshita.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9313765?tocId=9313765 (465 words)

	JAPANOPP.htm in Business Recorder on February 01, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Japanese media reports said former prime minister Noboru Takeshita had proposed earmarking funds in the 1996/97 budget for the wind-up scheme while delaying actual use of the money.
		According to media reports, Takeshita said the government could draw up a separate bill for the use of the 685 billion yen, and this would make it unnecessary to make changes in the main budget.
		Takeshita was also quoted as saying that the ruling coalition was now considering such a plan as a way to avert public criticism of the scheme.
	www.paksearch.com /br96/Feb/1/JAPANOPP.htm (338 words)

	Takeshita, Noboru on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		(anecdotes on Noboru Takeshita; Duke and Duchess of Wales travels ; Maureen Reagan's aspirations and Gorbachev and Reagan)
		Statement by the President on the Death of Noboru Takeshita.
		Tiptoe through the tensions; Bush and Takeshita try to start out on the right foot.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Takeshit.asp (415 words)

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