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Japan's Prime Minister: Selection Process, 1991 Candidates, and Implications for the United States (open access)

Japan's Prime Minister: Selection Process, 1991 Candidates, and Implications for the United States

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu's concurrent two-year term as president of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and Prime Minister of Japan expires at the end of October 1991. The May 1991 death of Shintaro Abe, the front runner to replace him, opened the field to nearly a dozen candidates. These include Kaifu for another term, senior LDP faction leaders Kiichi Miyazawa, Michio Watanabe, and Hiroshi Mitsuzuka, former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, and several others. A clear favorite from this group has not emerged, in part because most except Kaifu are rumored to be involved in current and past stock market and banking scandals.
Date: September 24, 1991
Creator: Young, Jeffrey D
System: The UNT Digital Library