CiNii Books - The making of the new Japan : reclaiming the political mainstream

Yasuhiro Nakasone's rise to political prominence began under the watchful eye of the American occupation with which he had a direct and confrontational relationship, arguing for the ending of the occupation and the restoration of sovereignty to Japan. Nakasone argued for Japan's need to become a 'normal' nation which in his view involved an enhanced international role for Japan and an enhanced role for the prime minister in domestic policy-making. Both ideas have come to win an increasingly broad acceptance, although Nakasone's slow rise to the position of prime minister bears testament to the controversy aroused by his views. These political memoirs chart the journey from his youth in the aftermath of the First World War to his appearance on the world stage at the side of President Reagan. They conclude with his thoughts, on the eve of the domestic upheavals which saw the fall of the LDP, on the prospects for a third 'opening' of Japan to rival the Meiji Restoration and the MacArthur reforms. Now an adviser to a younger generation of politicians, he is regarded by many as a modern-day Genro for Japan.

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Chapter 1 THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN
Chapter 2 NAVAL PAYMASTER SUB-LIEUTENANT
Chapter 3 THE ROAD TO POLITICS
Chapter 4 THE CHALLENGE OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION
Chapter 5 A NEW AWARENESS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Chapter 6 HUMAN PATTERNS ON THE POLITICAL STAGE
Chapter 7 BECOMING A MINISTER OF STATE
Chapter 8 KILLING TIME
Chapter 9 THE YEARS OF POLITICAL POWER
Chapter 10 APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER
Chapter 11 WHITHER JAPAN THE FATHERLAND?

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