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...move that startled ordinary citizens and politicians alike, the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party last week selected a little-known veteran politician, former Deputy Premier Takeo Miki, 67, as its president. When the Japanese Diet convenes this week for a special session at which Kakuei Tanaka will formally resign as Premier, the L.D.P. majority will ensure the election of Miki as Japan's twelfth postwar head of government...
...speculation that followed Tanaka's announcement that he would resign as Premier, Miki was barely even considered a dark horse. It was widely assumed that only two L.D.P. elders, both with the backing of strong factions within the party, had a chance of succeeding Tanaka: Finance Minister Masayoshi Ohira, 64, who enjoyed the outgoing Premier's support, and former Finance Minister Takeo Fukuda, 69. Although he had previously been a candidate for the premiership, Miki (see box following page) could count on the backing of only a minor bloc within the party. Moreover, he had the reputation...
...selection of either Fukuda or Ohira might fatally split the L.D.P., ending its 25-year domination of Japanese politics. Shiina was also aware that the public had become seriously disillusioned by factional bickering within the party and by the still unrefuted charges of illicit financial dealings that drove Tanaka from office...
...regular contributor, Takashi Tachibana, 34, who has written widely on the Middle East, was commissioned by Bungei-Shunju editors last August to check out rumors that Premier Tanaka had spent huge personal sums to win last July's parliamentary election; the editors could not figure out where Tanaka got all the money. Tachibana was given a staff of 20 to help on the project. Little of what they uncovered was entirely new, but Tachibana's raiders were able to make some intriguing juxtapositions-like Tanaka's ability to accumulate some $10 million worth of homes and villas...
...Flag), has since formed an investigative team, and many Japanese doubt that their discreet press will ever develop an appetite for muckraking. Even so, Bungei-Shunju will remain a goad to the complaisant. The magazine's January issue, due on the newsstands next week, contains further disclosures about Tanaka. Managing Editor Kengo Tanaka (no kin) will not elaborate, but promises: "There's some hot stuff...