KAZUKO Tsuji has broken the deepest taboo of the geisha's profession -- listen but don't tell.

Uno eventually had to resign after less than three months amid a sex scandal revealed by a geisha. The controversy surrounding Uno's extramarital affair was more focused on irresponsibility rather than immorality; Uno supposedly did not support his mistress, at the least not with an appropriate amount, which led her to complain publicly. The story was not widely publicized in Japan until a Washington Post reporter picked up the story from the Mainichi Shimbun, bringing international attention to Uno.

Mulboyne wrote:Anyone remember Prime Minister Sosuke Uno?....If you want to play a game with knowledgeable Japanese friends, ask them if they can remember the name of the geisha who brought down a Japanese Prime Minister.
Answer: Mitsuko Nakanishi.

Kakuei Tanaka, a political biography wrote: The Kingmaker and the Kingfish
http://www.rcrinc.com/tanaka/intro.html

.... Born twenty-five years and two worlds apart, both men grew up in severely repressed communities repressed not by design but by political neglect. Long's community was Winn Parish in northern Louisiana and Tanaka's was Nishiyama, in the central part of Niigata Prefecture on the northwest coast. They were both born too rural. Not only were their respective communities disenfranchised from the centers of state power, but their states were also disenfranchised from the centers of national power. The childhood they knew was one of hard work and very simple values. Long was born the seventh child, in what he liked to refer to as a log cabin, albeit a very large log cabin, situated on 329 acres of land. Tanaka was born as an only son on 327 fewer acres. Both families were just one rung above tenancy. Prior to migrating to the big city, Long to New Orleans and Tanaka to Tokyo, Long had eleven years of schooling, Tanaka had only eight. Both men realized immediately that to be competitive in urban society they needed more education. Long completed a three-year law degree in one year]-----Kakuei Tanaka, a political biography [/i]

Taro Toporific wrote:Anyway, I like this description of PM Tanaka as Japan's "Huey Long who lived."

Mulboyne wrote:

Taro Toporific wrote:Anyway, I like this description of PM Tanaka as Japan's "Huey Long who lived."

The Asahi chief editorial writer sees Koizumi's political actions as a direct effort to roll back Tanaka's legacy

Koizumi's revenge on Tanaka-style politics

The Japan Dental Association donated more than 200 million yen to about 25 lawmakers and former legislators between 2001 and 2002, and the lawmakers are suspected of failing to enter the donations in their political funds reports, officers of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office's special investigative squad said Wednesday.

The donations were made during the same period and in addition to the 100 million yen donation to a Liberal Democratic Party faction formerly led by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.

Officers said they do not plan to press charges against Hashimoto and other lawmakers, effectively closing the seven month-old case.

Prosecutors decided against pursuing criminal charges against the lawmakers on the grounds that compared with previous cases in which the Political Funds Control Law was violated, the donations were small and the funds not as dubious.

JAPAN'S Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had an affair with a Tokyo geisha who is 27 years younger.

It reportedly started eight years ago when she was 27 and he was 54.

Described as being 1.6m tall, slim, and articulate, she works in Tokyo[Akasaka].

Besides frequent meetings at hotels, Mr Koizumi, a divorcee with three sons, was said to have allowed the geisha to spend the night in parliamentary quarters.

The alleged affair reportedly ended when he took over the country's top post in 2001.

KAZUKO Tsuji has broken the deepest taboo of the geisha's profession -- listen but don't tell. Ms Tsuji will tomorrow publish an autobiography titled Passion -- the geisha who captured Tanaka.
Kakuei Tanaka died in December 1993....

To shed light on his life - the man who normalized relations with China in 1972 and the force behind expanding rail service to all parts of the archipelago including his home province of Niigata - the FCCJ has invited Kazuko Tsuji, one of Tanaka's mistresses who recently wrote an autobiography in which she details some of her experiences with the one-time power broker.

18:30-20:30 Wednesday, October 13, the speech and Q & A will be in Japanese with English interpretation

Mulboyne wrote:Koizumi's 'geisha affair exposed'

JAPAN'S Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had an affair with a Tokyo geisha who is 27 years younger.

It reportedly started eight years ago when she was 27 and he was 54.

Described as being 1.6m tall, slim, and articulate, she works in Tokyo[Akasaka].

Besides frequent meetings at hotels, Mr Koizumi, a divorcee with three sons, was said to have allowed the geisha to spend the night in parliamentary quarters.

The alleged affair reportedly ended when he took over the country's top post in 2001.

WaiWai report that the weeklies are still harping on about this. He's a divorcee. I can't see the scandal. Presumably the rape allegations didn't stick and this was the next best his enemies could dig up.

Prosecutors have again questioned former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto over an unreported 100 million yen political donation from the scandal-tainted Japan Dental Association, investigation sources said Saturday.

The move is in response to a recent conclusion by a prosecution watchdog that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office erred when it decided not to charge Hashimoto over the affair.

The prosecutors gave up last year on charging Hashimoto, 67, citing lack of evidence to show that he was involved in the decision by a major Liberal Democratic Party faction not to report the 100 million yen in 2001.

But in January, the Tokyo Dai-ni (No. 2) Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution, an organ charged with reviewing prosecutors' decisions, concluded that the prosecutors gave up on indicting the House of Representatives member without sufficiently questioning him...the rest...

Anyone remember Prime Minister Sosuke Uno?

Uno briefly became PM in the political shambles following the Recruit scandal. If you want to play a game with knowledgeable Japanese friends, ask them if they can remember the name of the geisha who brought down a Japanese Prime Minister.

Answer: Mitsuko Nakanishi