Online dictionary of politics and media in Japan: Tanaka Kakuei

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Tanaka Kakuei

田中角栄
alternative words: Kakuei Tanaka
keywords: statesman
related topics: Jiminto , Lockheed scandal
related web sites: http://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/tanaka/ta_index.html
explanation: Born in 1918 in Niigata prefecture. He founded his own construction firm at the age 19. He was elected in the parliament in 1947 with the ticket of Minshuto then adhered to Jiminto. He occupied different ministerial posts before becoming a prime minister in 1972. He launched a vast plan to remodel Japan (Nihon Kaizo ron) but it provoked a huge inflation which forced him de resign in 1974. After Lockheed scandal, he was arrested in 1976. He died in December 1993.

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