Word: tanaka
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kenji Osano, one of the most powerful and controversial Japanese entrepreneurs, the results of December's national elections were bittersweet. As a close friend of, and chief political fund-raiser for, Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, Osano, 55, could bask in reflected glory. But as a free-wheeling entrepreneur who has done remarkably well under the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party, he had cause for concern about its losses in the Diet. He could also ponder the gains of Communists and Socialists, who intend to push harder their charges that he uses his personal and business relationship with Tanaka...
...modern headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party was unusually subdued for a victory celebration. The banzais were perfunctory and beer toasts stood untouched. Even the usually ebullient party leader, Premier Kakuei Tanaka, looked less than exuberant as he painted in the missing eye on a huge daruma doll, a traditional rite signifying victory or success...
...strong leftist showing-though not serious enough to dent the personal popularity of Tanaka, 54, who took office five months ago and drew enthusiastic crowds during the campaign-means that the new Premier will face much tougher opposition in the Diet, which is scheduled to convene this week. The fact that the Communists will now be represented on the crucial steering committee will make it harder for the government to adhere to its legislative calendar. The Communists intend to probe more deeply into scandals linking the Premier to alleged real estate deals. In Tanaka's own party, his rival...
Japanese officials are sure that All Nippon's choice will be gratefully received by the U.S. and British governments. At the Hawaii summit in August, President Nixon prodded Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to have Japan buy more American goods, including aircraft, to help reduce the U.S. trade deficit. Half a dozen of Japan's newspapers, including Tokyo's large Yomiuri Shimbun, carried reports that Nixon feels a special responsibility to keep Lockheed viable, and that he put in a good word with Tanaka specifically for TriStar. In September Britain's Prime Minister Edward Heath, also worried...
...Wish. To accomplish that, according to reports in the Japanese press, Tanaka would offer to grant All Nippon one of its long-cherished wishes: overseas routes within Asia. Officials of major Japanese trading houses, who represented the three competing U.S. companies in the negotiations, say that Lockheed was definitely given special consideration by the Japanese. Of All Nippon's decision to buy TriStar, Toru Fukinishi, deputy general manager of the country's international carrier, Japan Air Lines, said: "I was somewhat amazed at this choice." JAL itself last week bought four short-range versions of Boeing...