Taro Nakayama
中山 太郎
Nakayama in 1991
Member of the Diet of Japan
In office
8 July 1968 – 30 August 2009
ConstituencyCouncillor (1968–1986)
Representative (1986–2009)
ConstituencyOsaka Prefecture
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
In office
10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991
Prime MinisterToshiki Kaifu
Preceded byHiroshi Mitsuzuka
Succeeded byMichio Watanabe
Personal details
Born(1924-08-27)27 August 1924
Osaka, Japan
Died15 March 2023(2023-03-15) (aged 98)
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Japan
ParentFukuzō Nakayama dan Masa Nakayama
Alma materOsaka Medical College

Taro Nakayama (中山 太郎, Nakayama Tarō, August 27, 1924 – March 15, 2023) was a Japanese doctor and politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka[1] he received a Ph.D. in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis. After serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1968 as a member of the House of Councilors and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet (1989–1991).

Nakayama's parents, Fukuzō and Masa, were also politicians and members of the Diet, as are his brother Masaaki and nephew Yasuhide.

Nakayama also made history by hiring the first non-Japanese aide, Timothy Langley, into the Japanese Diet as was showcased on 60 Minutes.[2]

Nakayama was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.[3] He was a mentor to Nippon Ishin no Kai politician Nobuyuki Baba.[4]

Nakayama died on March 15, 2023, at the age of 98.[5]

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "衆議院中山太郎オフィシャルホームページ〜PLOFILE ENGLISH〜". Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  2. ↑ Jeffs, Angela (2006-11-11). "U.S. lawyer gets the impossible done in Japan". JapanTimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-07-07.
  3. ↑ "Pro-Yasukuni lineup features Aso Cabinet" - Japan Press Weekly - 24 September 2008
  4. ↑ Yoda, Tsubasa (2022-03-19). "Japan's Ishin party seeks to shake up status quo in July election". Nikkei Asia.
  5. ↑ 日本前外务大臣中山太郎去世 (in Japanese)
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