Yasuhiro Nakasone

Yasuhiro Nakasone (中曽根 康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro, b. May 27, 1918) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A conservative contemporary of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, and for helping to revitalize Japanese nationalism during and after his term as prime minister.

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He was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended Tokyo Imperial University. During World War II, he was a commissioned officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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In 1946, he entered the Diet of Japan as a member of the House of Representatives. He gained brief notoriety in 1952 for blaming Emperor Hirohito for Japan's defeat in the war. Nakasone rose through the LDP's ranks, becoming Minister of Science in 1959 under the government of Nobusuke Kishi, then Minister of Transport in 1967, head of the Agency of Defense in 1970, Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1972 and Minister of Administration in 1981.

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