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This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return to the community of nations, and its subsequent prosperity. Each chapter brings out, to varying degrees, the larger political and historical environment, party dynamics, and personality traits of the prime ministers. In addition, the book discusses not only the policy choices the prime ministers made, but how those decisions were made and what the consequences were for the country, ruling party, and the individual who made them. The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 fills a large void in the literature on postwar Japan by introducing the actual people who made the decisions during these important years, rather than simply discussing the theories and institutions in which those decisions were made.

Higashikuni, Naruhiko --- 東久迩稔彦 --- Shidehara, Kijūrō --- 幣原喜重郎 --- Yoshida, Shigeru --- 吉田茂 --- Katayama Tetsu --- 片山哲 --- Ashida Hitoshi --- 芦田均 --- Hatoyama Ichirō --- 鳩山一郎 --- Ishibashi Tanzan --- 石橋湛山 --- Kishi Nobusuke --- 岸信介 --- Ikeda Hayato --- 池田勇人 --- Satō Eisaku --- 佐藤栄作 --- Tanaka Kakuei --- 田中角栄 --- Miki Takeo --- 三木武夫 --- Fukuda Takeo --- 福田赳夫 --- Ōhira Masayoshi --- 大平正芳 --- Suzuki Zenkō --- 鈴木善幸 --- Nakasone Yasuhiro --- 中曾根康弘 --- Takeshita Noboru --- 竹下登 --- Uno Sōsuke --- 宇野宗佑 --- Kaifu Toshiki --- 海部俊樹 --- Miyazawa Kiichi --- 宮澤喜一 --- Hosokawa Morihiro --- 細川護煕 --- Hata Tsutomu --- 羽田孜 --- Murayama Tomiichi --- 村山富市 --- Katayama, Tetsu --- Ashida, Hitoshi --- Hatoyama, Ichirō --- Ishibashi, Tanzan --- Kishi, Nobusuke --- Ikeda, Hayato --- Satō, Eisaku --- Tanaka, Kakuei --- Miki, Takeo --- Fukuda, Takeo --- Ōhira, Masayoshi --- Suzuki, Zenkō --- Nakasone, Yasuhiro --- 中曽根康弘 --- Takeshita, Noboru --- Uno, Sōsuke --- Kaifu, Toshiki --- Miyazawa, Kiichi --- 宮沢喜一 --- Hosokawa, Morihiro --- Hata, Tsutomu --- Murayama, Tomiichi