Word: nakanishi
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Dates: during 1989-1989
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...fourth woe has descended: four weeks after he took office, the disrobing of Prime Minister Sousuke Uno's personal life has become a source of embarrassment. Last month the Sunday Mainichi magazine published memoirs of Mitsuko Nakanishi, a 40-year-old geisha, who claimed Uno paid her $21,000 during a five-month affair in 1985-86. In Japan, where the rich and famous are commonly assumed to have affairs, the revelation smoldered slowly. Even the geisha's TV appearance attracted little coverage...