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55 system, 7, 40 media and Kanemaru’s image, 70 Abe, Shintaro, 56, 58, 65, 110 post-1985, and world of agriculture/agricultural policy, Japanese politics, 62–3 21–3 Recruit scandal (1988–1989), Akiyama, Keiji, 5 62, 68–9, 71, 74, 77, 99 Amano, Hisashi, 9–10, 24, 25 reforming political system, Amano, Ken, 86, 87–9, 90n1 70 Amano, Tomiko, 25 tax issue dividing LDP and American Occupation, 28 public, 67–8 postwar Japanese politics, 6–7 Uno cabinet (1989), 71–2 US military presence in burden-sharing, 34, 35, 46 Yamanashi, 11–12 Bush, George H. W., 81, 82–4, Aoki, Kazuo, 20, 25 86, 93 ARP (Agricultural Roads Party), 16 capitalism, 2, 7, 8, 18 Asahi Shimbun (newspaper), Carter, Jimmy, 41, 43, 46 40, 64, 67, 72n13, 82, 86, Chiang Kaishek, 15, 28, 36 103n9, 112n16 China policy, Japan’s, 27–8 assassination attempt against Clean Government Party Kanemaru, 83–4 (Komeito), 51, 52, 64, 75, Autobiography (Kanemaru), 3–4, 83 10, 13n5, 16, 32n1, 39, 62, 69 Cold War, 7, 28–30, 110 Communists, 7, 8, 12, 23, 36, “blue chip” ministries, 43, 44 57, 69 Blue Storm Society (Seirankai), “computerized bulldozer” 36, 42 (Kakuei Tanaka), 37–8, Brown, Harold, 45, 46, 47 56–7 Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 43, 46 conservatives, 11, 16, 29, 31, “bubble economy” (1986–1989) 107, 110 Kanemaru during, 62, 63, elite, 7–9, 28, 41, 71 67, 70 LDP, 30, 36, 47, 51–2 LDP leadership raising two-party system, 70, taxes, 63–5 74–5
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Diet (National Assembly), 5, 6, 9–11 Ikeda administration, 20, 22, 65 Kanemaru’s resignation from, 92, 93, Ishihara, Shintaro, 75 95–6, 105 Ishii, Susumu, 66 Diet Policy Affairs Committee, 16–18, Ito, Masayoshi, 64, 68 35–6, 38, 51–2, 55, 107 “Don of Nagata-cho”, 55, 69, 79, 88 Japan Access (newspaper), 91n4 DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic Japan Teacher’s Association (Nikkyoso), of Korea), 78–9 7, 8, 23 “dual election” victory (1986), 57–9 JBTB (Japan Bond Trust Bank), 100, 101, 102 Economist, The (journal), 108 JCP (Japan Communist Party), 6–7, 11, economy, see “bubble economy” 22, 29, 30, 36 (1986–1989) Jiang Zemin, 81 election campaigns, Kanemaru, 53–5 jiban, Kanemaru building support base in Yamanashi, 25–6 feudalism, Tokugawa, 6 Johnson, Lyndon, 27 financial empire, Kanemaru’s estate, Johnson, U. Alexis, 27 109, 112n17 JSP (Japan Socialist Party), 6–7, 11, 22, Firebird Ridge Bank, 2 29–30, 36, 51–2, 71, 74–5, 77, 79, 82, foreign affairs 99, 106, 110 Kanemaru entering, 26–7 Kanemaru and North Korea, 78–80 Kaifu, Toshiki, 74–5, 76, 80, 107, 109 Fujisan Maru 18 (ship), 78, 79 kakushin (Renovationist camp), Fukuda, Takeo, 15, 35, 38, 40, 44, 48, 58 Kanemaru, 51 Kanamaru, Tokujo, 11 General Council of Trade Unions of Kanemaru, Etsuko, 17, 38, 39, 59, 81, Japan (Sohyo), 7, 8 85, 86 generational change, 56–7, 58, 59, 66 death of, 88–90 Gotoda, Masaharu, 63, 71, 75, 97–8, 109 Kanemaru, Shin, 2 Great Leap Forward, 22 agricultural policy, 21–3 Gulf War, 87–8 analysis of election campaigns, 53–5 arrest and imprisonment of, 97–8 Haibara, Masahisa, 81, 100, 102, 103, arrest and interrogation in jail, 106, 109 98–101 Hashimoto, Ryutaro, 74, 93, 96, 108, 110 “bubble economy” years, 62, 63, 67, 70 Hata, Tsutomu, 93, 96, 98 building support base in Yamanashi, Hatoyama, Kunio, 64 25–6 Hiroomi, Kurisu, 47 campaign for national political Hirose, Hisatada, 1, 9–10, 25, 29 office (1958), 9–11 Hiroshima, 4, 11 court appearances, 103 Hisashi, Oda, 105 death in 1996, 106–8 Holbrooke, Richard, 43 death of wife Etsuko, 88–90 Hori, Shigeru, 15–18, 35, 38, 89 Diet Policy Affairs Committee, Horiuchi, Kazuo, 11 16–18, 35–6, 38, 51–2, 55, 107 Hoshino, Juji, 25 “dual election” of 1986, 57–9 Hosokawa’s reforms, 105, 109, 111 expanding into foreign affairs, 26–7
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Kanemaru, Shin – continued Takeshita (1987), 59, 65 financial empire, 109, 112n17 Keiseikai health problems, 62 accountability and transparency, interrogation in jail, 101–3 94–6 joining Tanaka army, 37–8 Kanemaru, 39, 62, 67, 80–1 Keiseikai, 40, 62, 67, 80–1, 94–6, Kanemaru’s resignation, 105–6 105–6 succession crisis in, 96 Land Affairs Agency (1974–1976), 35 Kim Il-sung, 79, 80 legacy, 105–12 Kishi, Nobusuke, 9, 11, 19, 22, 26, 28, life during the war years (1937–1945), 58, 65 4–6 Kissinger, Henry, 35 mentor Shigeru Hori, 15–18 Kiyose, Ichiro, 28 military service of, 3–4 Kofu, 11, 13n4, 20, 25, 26, 31, 52, 90 Minister of Construction Kofu Electric Train Corporation, 2 (1972–1974), 38–40 Komeito (Clean Government Party), North Korea, 78–80 51, 52, 64, 75, 82 Okinawa’s reversion to Japanese Kono, Yohei, 75 sovereignty, 29–30 Koya, Yoshio, 25 as political businessman, 18–19 Kumazaki, Katsuhiko, 93, 99–102 public opinion, 96–7 Kyonishi Electric Corporation, 2 relations with constituents, 23–4 Kyonishi Electric Railroad road-building projects, 19–21 Corporation, 3 Secretary-General of LDP Kyonishi Electric Train Company, 2 (1984–1986), 51, 55–6 self-Defense Forces Agency Land Affairs Agency (1974–1976), (1977–1978), 40–5 Kanemaru, 35 semi-retirement, 105–6 legacy, Kanemaru, 105–12 somu kaicho (Chair of Executive Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), 7, 8, Council of LDP), 51 11, 38, 109 Soseikai, 51, 56–7, 58 decision to raise taxes, 63–5 Taiwan connection, 27–8 Kanemaru as Vice President, 81–2 target of assassination attempt, 82–3 Lower House election victory tax evasion, 93, 95, 98, 100–1, 103, (1990), 76–8 107, 108–10 presidential election in 1987, 65–6, television industry, 15, 31–2 72n13 Tokyo District Court vacating tax public disenchantment and anger, 69 evasion case, 108–10 Recruit scandal (1988–1989), 62, 68, visiting Bush and Quayle in 70, 74, 77, 99 Washington DC, 83–4 tax issue dividing, and public, 67–8 visiting NATO and US, 45–8 Life (magazine), 29 Kanemaru, Sounosuke, 2, 13n2 Lockheed scandal, 42, 55, 56 Kanemaru, Toku, 4, 88 Lower House Construction Kanemaru, Yasuzo, 3 Committee, 20, 21 kanjicho (Secretary-General of LDP) Kanemaru (1984–1986), 51, 55–6 Mainichi Daily News (newspaper), 71, Ozawa (1990), 77 77, 108
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Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper), 12, 68, 69 Okuda, Keiwa, 96, 105 Masaaki, Yokouchi, 106 Okushima, Sadao, 55 Matsue, Shinzo, 5 organized crime (yakuza), 66, 94, 95, Meiji Restoration, 2, 105 97, 107, 112 Miki, Takeo, 35, 38, 40, 42, 58 Ozawa, Ichiro, 68, 75, 77, 80, 83, 96, 98, military service, Kanemaru, 3–4 99, 103, 106, 108, 111 Minister of Construction (1972–1974), Ozawa, Sumio, 85, 86–8 Kanemaru, 38–40 Misaka Bus Company, 3 People’s Republic of China, 28, 35, 36, Misawa, Kanazaki, 4 42, 78 Misawa, Reiko, 4, 88, 106 political contributions, violations, 94, Miyazawa, Kiichi, 58, 65, 73, 74, 80–2, 97, 102, 107 90, 93, 95, 97, 107 politics Mochizuki, Komei, 51, 86 demand for two-party system in, 75–6 alliance with Kanemaru, 53–5, 86 Japan’s path forward, 111–12 Yamanashi gubernatorial election Kanemaru focusing full attention, 86 and victory (1979), 52–3 LDP victory in Lower House money politics, 37, 40, 56 election (1990), 76–8 Mutual Security Treaty, 12, 27, 28, 48 reform, 71, 75 reform after Kanemaru, 109–12 Nagasaki, 11 see also Liberal Democratic Party Naka, Mamoru, 17, 32n2, 89, 91n6 (LDP) Nakagawa, Ichiro, 16 pork barrel projects, 16, 20, 23, 24, 39 Nakao, Eiichi, 36, 42 Nakasone, Yasuhiro, 29, 54, 57–9, 62–6, Quayle, Dan, 81–4 71, 97, 106 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty radical agrarians, 7, 8 Organization), Kanemaru’s visit, Recruit scandal (1988–1989), 62, 68–9, 45–6 71, 74, 77, 99 Natori, Tadahiko, 5, 6, 25, 31 Reed, Steven R., 13n15, 54, 60n6 New York Times (newspaper), 84, 103n1, Renovationist camp (kakushin), 108 Kanemaru, 51 Nihon Keizai Shimbun (newspaper), 47, research and development, 42 62, 70, 94, 95 Rikizo, Hirano, 7, 12 Nikaido, Susumu, 16, 65, 65 road-building projects, Kanemaru, Nikkyoso (Japan Teacher’s Association), 19–21 7, 23 Nippon Kominto, 66 Sagawa Express trucking company, 66, Nishida, Tsukasa, 105 92, 93 Nitto Kogyo, 5 scandal, 86, 93–4 Nixon, Richard, 35, 41, 78 Saito, Hideo, 25 North Korea, 78–80, 83 sake brewing, 5–6, 18, 31, 70 sake-distilling business, 3, 4 Ohira, Masayoshi, 16, 17, 38, 44–5, 51 Sankei Shimbun (newspaper), 107 Okinawa, reversion to Japanese Sato, Eisaku, 10, 15, 21, 26, 29–30, 35, sovereignty, 29–30 36, 37–8, 54, 56
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Sato, Moriyoshi, 105 Kanemaru joining Tanaka “army,” Secretary-General 37–8 Kanemaru (1984–1986), 51, 55–6 Lockheed scandal, 55–7 Ozawa (1990), 77 tax evasion, Kanemaru, 93, 95, 98, Takeshita (1987), 59, 64 100–1, 103, 107, 108–10 Seirankai (Blue Storm Society), tax policy, LDP leadership, 63–5, 67–8 37, 42 television industry, Kanemaru, 15, 31–2 Self-Defense Forces Agency, 29, 35–6, Thayer, Nathaniel, 55, 59n2 40–5 Tokugawa feudalism, 6 semi-retirement, Kanemaru, 105–6 Tokyo Olympics (1964), 19, 20, 27 Serizawa, Tadashi, 25 Tsuchiya, Yoshihiko, 58 Showa Aircraft Company, 5 Showa fascism, 2, 6 Uchida, Tsuneo, 11 Sigur, Gaston, 79 United States SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement), Kanemaru visit to NATO and, 45–8 44, 45, 47 Kanemaru visiting Bush and Quayle Sohyo (General Council of Trade in Washington DC, 83–4 Unions of Japan), 7, 8 Okinawa’s reversion to Japanese Soma, Kazuo, 25 sovereignty, 29–30 somu kaicho (1983–1984), Kanemaru, 51 Uno, Sosuke, 62, 71–2 Soseikai, Kanemaru, 51, 56–7, 59 USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist South Korea, 41, 46, 78, 79, 111 Republics), 41, 78 Soviet Union, 9, 80, 88 Suda, Toshie, 31, 38 Vogel, Ezra, 35, 62 Suwa village, 3, 13n4, 20 Suzuki, Masafumi, 8 waribikisai, 62 Suzuki, Zenko, 58 warishin (bonds), 62, 63, 89, 90, 100, sympathy budget, 34, 35, 46 101 Watanabe, Hiroyasu, 66, 82 Taisho democracy, 2 Watanabe, Michio, 16, 81, 90 Taiwan connection, Kanemaru, 27–8 Watari, Akira, 45 Takeshita, Noboru, 16, 27, 62, 70, 77, World War II, 2, 4, 6, 29, 38, 42, 47 90, 103, 105, 107 comeback hope of, 74–5 yakuza (organized crime), 66, 94, 95, Kanemaru’s allies, 11, 54, 56–7 97, 107, 112 Kanemaru’s departure, 94–7, 9 Yamamoto, Shohei, 70 kanjicho, 59, 64 Yamamoto, Takuma, 75 North Korea, 78, 80 Yamanashi Central Bank, 5, 31, 70 public support, 69 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election scramble for LDP presidency, 65–6 (1966), 15, 26 seeking successor, 71–2 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election tax issue, 67–8 (1979), 52–3 Tanabe, Kunio, 9–11, 26, 48, 52 Yamanashi Gubernatorial election Tanabe, Makoto, 29, 79 (1991), 86–8 Tanaka, Kakuei, 35–7, 38, 50, 51, 55–7, Yamanashi Nichi Nichi Shimbun 65, 83 (newspaper), 21–2
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Yamanashi prefecture US military presence in, 11–12 early half of 20th century, 2 Yamanashi TV, Kanemaru, 15, 31–2 Kanemaru building a support base Yamazaki, Tatsumosuke, 15 in, 25–6 Yasaki, Shigesaburo, 25 Kanemaru family in, 2–3 Yomiuri Shimbun (newspaper), 46, 47, politics in postwar era (1945–1958), 69, 105, 107, 112n1 6–9 Yoshida, Shigeru, 15, 27, 54
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