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<text id=93TT2283>
<title>
Dec. 27, 1993: Died:Kakulei Tanaka
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Dec. 27, 1993 The New Age of Angels
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 19
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<p> DIED. KAKUEI TANAKA, 75, former Japanese Prime Minister; of
pneumonia; in Tokyo. After he was elected to the Diet in 1947,
Tanaka used his personal wealth to rise rapidly through the
ranks, becoming at 54 the youngest Prime Minister of postwar
Japan. His popular touch won him wide support--until the economy
worsened under his leadership and the public became less tolerant
of his "money politics." Suspicions of shady financial dealings
forced his 1974 resignation. In 1983 Tanaka was sentenced to
four years in prison for taking a $2 million bribe, though he
never served a day in prison, and his corrupt legacy still shadows
Japanese politics.
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