Word: hosokawa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...largely because, in the grand tradition of U.S.-Japanese trade settlements, it left Washington and Tokyo ample room to quarrel about just what it was they had agreed to. Clinton enthused, "This agreement is specific. It is measurable. It will achieve real, concrete results." In Tokyo, however, Hisashi Hosokawa, a hard-line miti official, insisted that "this agreement is a rejection of numerical targets" for Japanese purchases of American cars and parts. His boss, miti Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, may have strengthened his already bright chances for becoming Japan's next Prime Minister: he was being hailed as a hero precisely...
...spotlight was on Japanese Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata amid speculation that he would inherit the post vacated by former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa, who resigned two weeks ago. Like Hosokawa, Hata has been an outspoken critic of Japan's scandal-plagued political system; he also faces the challenge of holding together the fragile seven-party coalition that brought Hosokawa to power. Parliament is expected to vote on a new Prime Minister this week...
After weeks of battling allegations of corruption, Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa announced Friday that he would step down. His resignation came as a blow to supporters, who had hoped that Hosokawa's election last summer signaled a departure from the scandal and corruption that have roiled Japanese politics for years...
...Hosokawa resigns, leaving a government in search of a leader...
...MORIHIRO HOSOKAWA...