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
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.
Prime Minister of Japan
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The prime minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also
Yasuhiro Nakasone
…Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘, Nakasone Yasuhiro; 27 May 1918 – 29 November 2019) 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, pursuing a hawkish and pro-United…
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Itō Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan
The document appointing Noboru Takeshita as prime minister. The Privy Seal of Japan and signature of Crown Prince Akihito (then temporarily performing state acts during the illness of Emperor Hirohito) can be seen in the centre, and the signature of the outgoing prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on the left
Naikaku Sōri Daijin Kantei, the Prime Minister's Office of Japan