Word: kakuei
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...Japanese rule. Now he may speed up the search for a successor and retire this fall. The most likely contenders: Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, 66, who now finds himself handicapped by an overly close identification with Sato's policies, and Minister of International Trade and Industry Kakuei Tanaka, 53, a blunt-spoken self-made man who has strong party support even though he is regarded as somewhat "unpredictable" in Japanese financial circles...