Nakasone Yasuhiro
(b. 1918), prime minister of Japan. Probably Japan's best-known politician internationally, Nakasone Yasuhiro was prime minister from November 1982 until November 1987. Most f...
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Nakasone Yasuhiro (born 1918) was a Japanese politician who helped rebuild pride in the nation and in Japan's world role. He was active in the Liberal Democratic Party for over 30 years before becomin...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger predicted in 1974
that Japan could produce a number of nuclear bombs within the
framework of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, a declassified...
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The late former U.S. President Ronald Reagan lavished praise on
former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, calling him Japan's
''best'' premier in history, according to his diaries pub...
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Ex-premier Nakasone admits possibility of U.S. 'nuclear transit'
TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone
admitted in a recent interview that U.S. warships carryi...
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in New Delhi on
Tu...
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The Supreme Court said Thursday it has upheld a high court
decision that ordered a lower court to reexamine the case of three
men who were acquitted for firing handmade mortar shells at the v...
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Former Chief Cabinet Secretary and House of Representatives
member Takao Fujinami died Sunday at a hospital in Mie Prefecture,
sources with the ruling Liberal ...
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Chinese activists enter Japan-claimed waters near disputed islets
TOKYO - A boat carrying Chinese activists protesting Japan's
control over the disputed Senkaku islets in the Eas...
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Global firms call on major powers to combat climate change
WASHINGTON - A group of the top 46 international companies in
the world called on major countries Friday to work togeth...
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Nakasone Yasuhiro
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japan could produce many nuclear bombs, Kissinger forecast in 1974
