Word: kakeyamachi
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...however, disputes Takeshita's mastery of the intricacies of Japanese domestic politics. For 400 years members of the Takeshita family have run matters in the mountain town of Kakeyamachi (pop. 4,500) on the western side of Japan. With politics in his blood, the somber young man worked his way up from the grass roots into the upper hierarchy of the L.D.P., winning a seat in the Diet in 1958 and serving as Finance Minister under two Prime Ministers. Last year he became the party's secretary general. "Takeshita knew everyone's name," says a government official. "Unlike other politicians...
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