Noboru Takeshita
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Noboru Takeshita was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989.
Official portrait, 1987
Takeshita and his wife with President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan in 1988
Takeshita with Ruud Lubbers in 1988
Takeshita and his wife disembarking from a Japan Airlines DC-10 (at Andrews AFB in 1989)
Yasuhiro Nakasone
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Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, p
Noboru Takeshita
…1982–1986, and in 1988, during which he signed the Plaza Accord in 1985. In 1987, Takeshita became head of the Liberal Democratic Party and succeeded Yasuhiro Nakasone as prime minister. He inherited the powerful LDP faction of Kakuei Tanaka, and was dubbed the "last shadow shogun" for his behind-the-scenes influence…
Official portrait, 1982
Nakasone in 1983
Nakasone in the Imperial Japanese Navy
Nakasone's first cabinet role was as Minister of Science and Technology in the reshuffled Second Kishi Cabinet in 1959. He can be seen at the centre of the fourth row from the front.