As former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone headed on a high-profile mission to Iraq in early November 1990 seeking the release of Japanese hostages, a secret diplomatic mission was also starting.
When former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited Iraq during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1990, he spoke frankly with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, urging him to pull out of Kuwait within a month or risk U.S. military involvement.
Just 10 days into the job, untested new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wasted no time calling a snap Lower House election, giving voters precious little time to begin to assess his political performance and the party s mandate to govern.
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