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 becoming prime minister in 1982. He served an unprecedented...

(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 famous for his nationalist and neoconservative views, Nakasone formed a...

Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro, born May 27, 1918) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand,...

Former prime minister Nakasone is favored to become the new power behind the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. As leader of the party, Nakasone will have the power to make and unmake prime ministers. He will fill the position left vacant by the disgraced...

Nakasone still the slugger JAPANESE politics is feeling its old self again. Forget the Recruit scandal. The familiar, and ever fascinating, question in many people's minds is who is wielding real power in the ruling Liberal Democratic party. Everyone agrees that the...