Japan's Prime Minister: Selection Process, 1991 Candidates, and Implications for the United States
Description:
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu's concurrent two-year term as
president of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and Prime
Minister of Japan expires at the end of October 1991. The May
1991 death of Shintaro Abe, the front runner to replace him,
opened the field to nearly a dozen candidates. These include
Kaifu for another term, senior LDP faction leaders Kiichi
Miyazawa, Michio Watanabe, and Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, former Prime
Minister Noboru Takeshita, and several others. A clear favorite
from this gro…
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Date:
September 24, 1991
Creator:
Young, Jeffrey D
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