Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question Quick Facts Born: December 6, 1948, Ogachi (now in Yuzawa), Akita prefecture, Japan (age 76) (Show more) Suga Yoshihide…
Prologue to war The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. After the Nazi attack on Russia in 1941, the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the…
Early life and first term as prime minister Abe was a member of a prominent political family. His grandfather Nobusuke Kishi served as Japan's prime minister from 1957 to 1960,…
The LDP can best be described as conservative to moderate in its political ideology. It has a broad appeal similar to the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States;…
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question Quick Facts Born: February 4, 1957, TokyoJapan (age 67) (Show more) Shigeru Ishiba (born February 4, 1957, TokyoJapan) is…
Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot a Question Ask the Chatbot a Question Fumio Kishida (born July 29, 1957, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese politician who served as leader of…
In the first hours after the earthquakeJapanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto moved to set up an emergency command center in Tokyoand a large number of rescue workers and some 100,000…