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2009 – 16 September 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Tarō Asō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa" title="Shōichi Nakagawa">Shōichi Nakagawa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hirohisa_Fujii" title="Hirohisa Fujii">Hirohisa Fujii</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">74th <a href="/wiki/Chief_Cabinet_Secretary" title="Chief Cabinet Secretary">Chief Cabinet Secretary</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 August 2007 – 25 September 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhisa_Shiozaki" title="Yasuhisa Shiozaki">Yasuhisa Shiozaki</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nobutaka_Machimura" title="Nobutaka Machimura">Nobutaka Machimura</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">Member of the House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 November 2003 – 16 November 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_proportional_representation_block" title="Tokyo proportional representation block">Tokyo PR</a> (2003–2005, 2009–2012)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district" title="Tokyo 1st district">Tokyo 1st</a> (2005–2009)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />23 June 1980 – 2 June 2000</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district_(1947%E2%80%931993)" title="Tokyo 1st district (1947–1993)">Old Tokyo 1st</a> (1980–1996)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district" title="Tokyo 1st district">New Tokyo 1st</a> (1996–2000)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />10 December 1976 – 7 September 1979</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district_(1947%E2%80%931993)" title="Tokyo 1st district (1947–1993)">Tokyo 1st</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1938-08-22</span>)</span>22 August 1938<br /><a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Kōjimachi, Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 May 2017<span style="display:none">(2017-05-23)</span> (aged 78)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tokyo,_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo, Japan">Tokyo, Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">LDP</a> (1976–2010, after 2017)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunrise_Party" title="Sunrise Party">Sunrise</a> (2010–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (2011–2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Shigeru Yosano (father)</li> <li>Michiko Yosano (mother)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yosano_Akiko" title="Yosano Akiko">Yosano Akiko</a> (grandmother)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yosano.gr.jp/">Official website</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kaoru Yosano</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">与謝野馨</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yosano Kaoru</i></span>)</span> (August 22, 1938 – May 23, 2017) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Democratic Party of Japan">Liberal Democratic Party</a> (LDP), the <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_Party_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise Party of Japan">Sunrise Party of Japan</a> and former member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Japan">House of Representatives</a>, serving his ninth term in the Lower House representing <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>'s first electoral district until his defeat in the <a href="/wiki/2009_Japanese_general_election" title="2009 Japanese general election">2009 Japanese general election</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Chief_Cabinet_Secretary" title="Chief Cabinet Secretary">Chief Cabinet Secretary</a> to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a> from August 2007 to September 2007, and Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy in <a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Tarō Asō</a>'s administration from February to September 2009. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaoru_Yosano&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born the grandson of poets <a href="/wiki/Yosano_Akiko" title="Yosano Akiko">Yosano Akiko</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yosano_Tekkan" class="mw-redirect" title="Yosano Tekkan">Yosano Tekkan</a> in Tokyo, Yosano graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a> in 1963. In 1972 he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Representatives, then served as secretary to <a href="/wiki/Yasuhiro_Nakasone" title="Yasuhiro Nakasone">Yasuhiro Nakasone</a>. He ran again in 1976 and was elected. On August 27, 2007, he was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, replacing <a href="/wiki/Yasuhisa_Shiozaki" title="Yasuhisa Shiozaki">Yasuhisa Shiozaki</a>. He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nobutaka_Machimura" title="Nobutaka Machimura">Nobutaka Machimura</a> on September 27 when <a href="/wiki/Yasuo_Fukuda" title="Yasuo Fukuda">Yasuo Fukuda</a> succeeded Abe.<sup id="cite_ref-Lineup_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lineup-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed as Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy and Minister of Regulatory Reform on August 1, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg/220px-Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg/330px-Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg/440px-Timothy_Geithner_and_Kaoru_Yosano_20090424.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Kaoru Yosano meeting with <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of Treasury">U.S. Secretary of Treasury</a> <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Geithner" title="Timothy Geithner">Timothy Geithner</a> on April 24, 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the resignation of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, Yosano announced his candidacy for the LDP presidency on September 8, 2008: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I believe politicians should never mislead the public by showing some rosy pictures. The LDP is facing the biggest crisis since its creation. I will contest the election with high spirits and the courage to lead Japan. Japan is going through a crisis. I will battle the situation for the benefit of the people."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> In <a href="/wiki/2008_Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election">the leadership election</a>, held on September 22, 2008, <a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Tarō Asō</a> was elected with 351 of the 527 votes, while Yosano trailed in second place with 66 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Aso's cabinet, appointed on 24 September 2008, Yosano retained his post as Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On February 18, 2009, with the resignation of Shoichi Nakagawa on the case of the G7 conference, he took office as Minister of Finance and Minister in charge of financial services. </p><p>On April 4, 2010, Yosano, <a href="/wiki/Takeo_Hiranuma" title="Takeo Hiranuma">Takeo Hiranuma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroyuki_Sonoda" title="Hiroyuki Sonoda">Hiroyuki Sonoda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takao_Fujii" title="Takao Fujii">Takao Fujii</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Nakagawa" title="Yoshio Nakagawa">Yoshio Nakagawa</a> announced their plans to leave the LDP to establish a new political party, the <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_Party_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunrise Party of Japan">Sunrise Party of Japan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the Sunrise Party on 13 January 2011<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to join the <a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Naoto Kan</a>'s cabinet as Minister of Economic and Fiscal Policy.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yosano was known for advocating an increase in the <a href="/wiki/Consumption_tax" title="Consumption tax">consumption tax</a> to reconstruct the nation's debt-ridden fiscal structure. After joining the DPJ government, he drew up the plans for the 2012 consumption tax increase. The legislation was passed through the House of Representatives on June 26, 2012<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and passed the Upper House on August 10, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaoru_Yosano&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His hobbies included <a href="/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>, making computers, photography, fishing, and playing Japanese board games.<sup id="cite_ref-Lineup_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lineup-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was announced on September 5, 2012, that he would not run for re-election as he was suffering from throat cancer and had difficulty speaking.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yosano died on May 23, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-JPTimesObit_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JPTimesObit-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span 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Japan Times.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Former+lawmaker+and+finance+chief+Kaoru+Yosano+dies+at+78&rft.date=2017-05-24&rft.aulast=Yoshida&rft.aufirst=Reiji&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2017%2F05%2F24%2Fnational%2Fformer-lawmaker-finance-chief-kaoru-yosano-dies-78%2F%23.WSV6Y4EpCEc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKaoru+Yosano" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://kaiedabanri.jp/diary/2017052410703.html">[1]</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yojir%C5%8D_Konno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yojirō Konno (page does not exist)">Yojirō Konno</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eiichi_Tanaka_(politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eiichi Tanaka (politician) (page does not exist)">Eiichi Tanaka</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kiyomasa_Kat%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kiyomasa Katō (page does not exist)">Kiyomasa Katō</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Representative for <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district_(1947%E2%80%931993)" title="Tokyo 1st district (1947–1993)">Tokyo 1st district</a> (multi-member) </b><br />1976–1979<br />1980–1996 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Y%C5%ABji_%C5%8Ctsuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yūji Ōtsuka (page does not exist)">Yūji Ōtsuka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a>, several others</b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Constituency abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b><br /><div style="font-size:90%">New constituency</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Representative for <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district" title="Tokyo 1st district">Tokyo 1st district</a> </b><br />1996–2000 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Representative for <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_1st_district" title="Tokyo 1st district">Tokyo 1st district</a> </b><br />2005–2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>N/A </b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Representative for the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_proportional_representation_block" title="Tokyo proportional representation block">Tokyo block (PR)</a> </b><br />2003–2005<br />2009–2012 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>N/A </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Banri_Kaieda" title="Banri Kaieda">Banri Kaieda</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy </b><br />2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Motohisa_Furukawa" title="Motohisa Furukawa">Motohisa Furukawa</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tomiko_Okazaki" title="Tomiko Okazaki">Tomiko Okazaki</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Social Affairs and Gender Equality </b><br />2011 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Renho" class="mw-redirect" title="Renho">Renho</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa" title="Shōichi Nakagawa">Shōichi Nakagawa</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(Japan)" title="Minister of Finance (Japan)">Minister of Finance</a> </b><br />2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hirohisa_Fujii" title="Hirohisa Fujii">Hirohisa Fujii</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dichi_Nakagawa" title="Shōichi Nakagawa">Shōichi Nakagawa</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Financial Services </b><br />2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Shizuka_Kamei" title="Shizuka Kamei">Shizuka Kamei</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hiroko_%C5%8Cta" title="Hiroko Ōta">Hiroko Ōta</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy </b><br />2008–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yoshimasa_Hayashi" title="Yoshimasa Hayashi">Yoshimasa Hayashi</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tatsuya_Ito_(politician)" title="Tatsuya Ito (politician)">Tatsuya Ito</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Financial Services </b><br />2005–2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Yamamoto" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuji Yamamoto">Yuji Yamamoto</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yasuhisa_Shiozaki" title="Yasuhisa Shiozaki">Yasuhisa Shiozaki</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Cabinet_Secretary_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan)">Chief Cabinet Secretary</a> </b><br />August 2007 – September 2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nobutaka_Machimura" title="Nobutaka Machimura">Nobutaka Machimura</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Heiz%C5%8D_Takenaka" title="Heizō Takenaka">Heizō Takenaka</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy </b><br />2005–2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hiroko_%C5%8Cta" title="Hiroko Ōta">Hiroko Ōta</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mitsuo_Horiuchi" title="Mitsuo Horiuchi">Mitsuo Horiuchi</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_International_Trade_and_Industry" title="Ministry of International Trade and Industry">Minister for International Trade and Industry</a> </b><br />1998–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Fukaya" title="Takashi Fukaya">Takashi Fukaya</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mitsuharu_Warashina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mitsuharu Warashina (page does not exist)">Mitsuharu Warashina</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_Cabinet_Secretary" title="Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary">Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary</a><br />(Political affairs) </b><br />1996–1997 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fukushiro_Nukaga" title="Fukushiro Nukaga">Fukushiro Nukaga</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryoko_Akamatsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryoko Akamatsu (page does not exist)">Ryoko Akamatsu</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education,_Culture,_Sports,_Science_and_Technology_(Japan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)">Minister of Education</a> </b><br />1994–1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Shimamura" title="Yoshinobu Shimamura">Yoshinobu Shimamura</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New political party</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Co-Leader of <a href="/wiki/Sunrise_Party" title="Sunrise Party">Tachigare Nippon</a> </b> <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Hiranuma" title="Takeo Hiranuma">Takeo Hiranuma</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Hiranuma" title="Takeo Hiranuma">Takeo Hiranuma</a><br />(as sole leader)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hakuo_Yanagisawa" title="Hakuo Yanagisawa">Hakuo Yanagisawa</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the Tax Research Commission,<br />Liberal Democratic Party </b><br />2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yuji_Tsushima" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuji Tsushima">Yuji Tsushima</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Fukushiro_Nukaga" title="Fukushiro Nukaga">Fukushiro Nukaga</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the Policy Research Council,<br />Liberal Democratic Party </b><br />2004–2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hidenao_Nakagawa" title="Hidenao Nakagawa">Hidenao Nakagawa</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Shimamura" title="Yoshinobu Shimamura">Yoshinobu Shimamura</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chief of the 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title="Ōkuma Shigenobu">Ōkuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sano_Tsunetami" title="Sano Tsunetami">Sano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Matsukata" class="mw-redirect" title="Masayoshi Matsukata">Matsukata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b>Minister of Finance</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大蔵大臣</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ōkura Daijin</i></span>)</span> <br /> under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Empire_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the Empire of Japan">Constitution of the Empire of Japan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Matsukata" class="mw-redirect" title="Masayoshi Matsukata">Matsukata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunitake_Watanabe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunitake Watanabe">Watanabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Matsukata" class="mw-redirect" title="Masayoshi Matsukata">Matsukata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunitake_Watanabe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunitake Watanabe">Watanabe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Matsukata" class="mw-redirect" title="Masayoshi Matsukata">Matsukata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Inoue" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaoru Inoue">Inoue</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masahisa_Matsuda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masahisa Matsuda (page does not exist)">Matsuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Matsukata" class="mw-redirect" title="Masayoshi Matsukata">Matsukata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunitake_Watanabe" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunitake Watanabe">Watanabe</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinmochi_Saionji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kinmochi Saionji">Saionji</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sone_Arasuke" title="Sone Arasuke">Sone</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Sakurauchi" title="Yukio Sakurauchi">Sakurauchi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Isao_Kawada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Isao Kawada (page does not exist)">Kawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masatsune_Ogura" title="Masatsune Ogura">Ogura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinori_Kaya" title="Okinori Kaya">Kaya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sotaro_Ishiwata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sotaro Ishiwata (page does not exist)">Ishiwata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juichi_Tsushima" title="Juichi Tsushima">Tsushima</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toyosaku_Hirose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Toyosaku Hirose (page does not exist)">Hirose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juichi_Tsushima" title="Juichi Tsushima">Tsushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keizo_Shibusawa" title="Keizo Shibusawa">Shibusawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzan_Ishibashi" title="Tanzan Ishibashi">Ishibashi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b>Minister of Finance</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大蔵大臣</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ōkura Daijin</i></span>)</span> <br /> under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution of Japan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tetsu_Katayama" title="Tetsu Katayama">Katayama</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shotaro_Yano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shotaro Yano (page does not exist)">Yano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Kurusu" title="Takeo Kurusu">Kurusu</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokutaro_Kitamura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokutaro Kitamura (page does not exist)">Kitamura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Yoshida" title="Shigeru Yoshida">Yoshida</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanroku_Izumiyama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanroku Izumiyama (page does not exist)">Izumiyama</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_%C5%8Cya" title="Shinzō Ōya">Ōya</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Ikeda" title="Hayato Ikeda">Ikeda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tadaharu_Mukai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tadaharu Mukai (page does not exist)">Mukai</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sankuro_Ogasawara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sankuro Ogasawara (page does not exist)">Ogasawara</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naoto_Ichimanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naoto Ichimanda (page does not exist)">Ichimanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Ikeda" title="Hayato Ikeda">Ikeda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naoto_Ichimanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naoto Ichimanda (page does not exist)">Ichimanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eisaku_Sat%C5%8D" title="Eisaku Satō">Satō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikio_Mizuta" title="Mikio Mizuta">Mizuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda" title="Takeo Fukuda">Fukuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikio_Mizuta" title="Mikio Mizuta">Mizuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda" title="Takeo Fukuda">Fukuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikio_Mizuta" title="Mikio Mizuta">Mizuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshiro_Ueki" title="Koshiro Ueki">Ueki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiichi_Aichi" title="Kiichi Aichi">Aichi</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kakuei_Tanaka" title="Kakuei Tanaka">Tanaka</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Fukuda" title="Takeo Fukuda">Fukuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_%C5%8Chira" title="Masayoshi Ōhira">Ōhira</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hideo_Bo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hideo Bo (page does not exist)">Bō</a></li> <li><a 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Fujii">Fujii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Takemura" title="Masayoshi Takemura">Takemura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wataru_Kubo" title="Wataru Kubo">Kubo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Mitsuzuka" title="Hiroshi Mitsuzuka">Mitsuzuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikaru_Matsunaga" title="Hikaru Matsunaga">Matsunaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiichi_Miyazawa" title="Kiichi Miyazawa">Miyazawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b>Minister of Finance</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">財務大臣</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Zaimu Daijin</i></span>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiichi_Miyazawa" title="Kiichi Miyazawa">Miyazawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masajuro_Shiokawa" title="Masajuro Shiokawa">Shiokawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadakazu_Tanigaki" title="Sadakazu Tanigaki">Tanigaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Omi" class="mw-redirect" title="Koji Omi">Omi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukushiro_Nukaga" title="Fukushiro Nukaga">Nukaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunmei_Ibuki" title="Bunmei Ibuki">Ibuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoichi_Nakagawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoichi Nakagawa">Nakagawa</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Yosano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirohisa_Fujii" title="Hirohisa Fujii">Fujii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoto_Kan" title="Naoto Kan">Kan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Noda" title="Yoshihiko Noda">Noda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jun_Azumi" title="Jun Azumi">Azumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koriki_Jojima" title="Koriki Jojima">Jojima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Asō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shun%27ichi_Suzuki_(politician)" title="Shun'ichi Suzuki 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