Ichirō Ozawa is a Japanese politician and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1969, representing the Iwate 3rd district. He is often dubbed the "Shadow Shōgun" due to his back-room influence.
Ozawa in 2013
Ozawa with Stanford R. Ovshinsky and Kakuei Tanaka
Making a campaign speech for members of the Liberal Party in Hokkaido on 18 July 2001
With Yukio Hatoyama (left) at the Laforet Museum, Roppongi on 30 August 2009
The Japan Renewal Party was a Japanese political party that existed in the early 1990s. It was founded in 1993 by 44 members of the Liberal Democratic Party led by Tsutomu Hata and Ichirō Ozawa. It was instrumental in ending the LDP's 38-year dominance of Japanese politics.
Image: Tsutomu Hata cropped 2 Tsutomu Hata 19940428