Yasuhiro Nakasone
Yasuhiro Nakasone was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies, pursuing a hawkish and pro-United States foreign policy and his rejection of Keynesianism and his support of neoliberalism.
Background
- Born in
- Takasaki
- Educated at
- Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of TokyoGunma Prefectural Takasaki High SchoolShizuoka Higher School
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Sikatuna🏆 Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum🏆 Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum🏆 Financial Times Person of the Year🏆 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"With its high standard of living achieved through untiring efforts, Japan is today on the verge of a new metamorphosis and transformation. ... We must achieve true internationalization in our society,…"
"We must try to change Japan's industrial structure so it will not be harmful to others. Otherwise Japan might face the chance of disappearing from earth overnight, like Carthage. Can we go on living w…"
"I was carrying out a kind of "improvement" of Japan's structure. For 110 years, ever since the Meiji restoration, Japan had been striving to catch up with America and Britain. In the 1970s we did catc…"
"In the history of interchange between Japan and Korea, wherein we owe a great deal to your country, regrettably the fact remains that that there was a period in this century when Japan brought to bear…"
Works & Publications
No works or publications documented yet.
Timeline
1918
Born
Birth2019
Died
Death
Influenced By
Thinkers whose ideas shaped Yasuhiro's philosophy
No known influences documented.
Influenced
Thinkers whose work was shaped by Yasuhiro's ideas
No influenced thinkers documented yet.
Source Attribution
Information about Yasuhiro Nakasone is sourced from curated knowledge bases and cross-referenced for accuracy. Influence relationships are scored by thematic overlap and historical plausibility.
Related Thinkers
See all →
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"The point about social bandits is that they are peasant outlaws whom the lord and state regard as criminals…"
— Eric Hobsbawm"I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extr…"
— Elena Kagan"I realize that tax reform and entitlement reform will not be easy. The politics will be hard for both sides…"
— Barack Obama"Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense p…"
— Karl Dönitz"If we can organize the Southern states for massive resistance to this order... the rest of the country will…"
— Harry F. Byrd"We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital. As Satan said, "…"
— Horace Mann
