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Nakasone Yasuhiro
(中曽根
康弘
May 27,
1918 - ) was a Japanese politician and the 71st, 72nd, and 73rd
Prime Minister from
November 27,
1982 to
December 27,
1983, from
December 27,
1983 to
July 22,
1986 and from
July 22,
1986 to
November 6,
1987 respectively.
He was born in
Gunma prefecture. He was Minister of Science in
1959 under the governement of
Kishi Nobusuke, then Minister of Transport in
1967, head of the Agency of Defense in
1970,
Minister of International Trade and Industry in
1972 and Minister of Administration in
1981.
The government of
Nakasone
Nakasone gained notoriety among the various non-Japanese
ethnic groups in Japan (particularly the sizeable Korean minority) for
proclaiming that Japan's success was because it did not have ethnic
minorities, like the US. He then clarified his comments, stating that he
means to congratulate the US on its economic success despite the presence of
"problematic" minorities. Due to this issue,
Fujio Masayuki, the Minister of Education, had to resign in
1986.
Abe Shintaro was the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was replaced by
Takeshita Noboru.
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