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| Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested for bribery in the Lockeed Scandal (1926) | |
Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO
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| KAKUEI TANAKA Many Japanese prime ministers have been suspected of corruption, but Tanaka was the first to be imprisoned. He died during the trial, but continued to control Japanese politics from behind the scenes. | |