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Political situation in Japan
In: Far Eastern affairs: a Russian journal on China, Japan and Asia-Pacific Region ; a quarterly publication of the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Heft 2, S. 24-37
ISSN: 0206-149X
Background to the election of Nakasone as chairman of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and as prime minister of Japan. The internecine war between different factions within the LDP, especially between the supporters of Tanaka and Fukuda since 1972. Political development in the country since 1973. Attempts made by the 'rightists' within the LDP to lift the constitutional bans blocking the remilitarization of Japan. Tanaka faction's role behind Nakasone's victory