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1274:Shigemitsu
1208:S. Hayashi
1067:T. Hayashi
923:1994–1995
906:Yōhei Kōno
900:1998–1999
873:2000–2001
819:2007–2008
786:12 January
695:12 January
673:12 January
654:References
569:Shinzō Abe
476:Alma mater
448:1942-03-15
301:Shinzō Abe
271:Yōhei Kōno
87:newspapers
1536:Matsumoto
1509:Machimura
1498:Machimura
1493:Kawaguchi
1483:M. Tanaka
1425:Mitsuzuka
1292:K. Suzuki
1238:K. Nomura
1182:Yoshizawa
1171:Shidehara
1166:G. Tanaka
1160:Shidehara
514:. He was
392:In office
340:In office
286:In office
232:In office
185:In office
117:July 2019
48:does not
1691:Nakatani
1673:Morimoto
1661:Ichikawa
1655:Kitazawa
1566:Kamikawa
1521:Nakasone
1450:Kakizawa
1435:Watanabe
1430:Nakayama
1415:Kuranari
1380:Hatoyama
1370:Miyazawa
1325:Fujiyama
1248:Matsuoka
1145:Yamamoto
1123:Terauchi
1072:Terauchi
588:Tarō Asō
1709:Onodera
1703:Kishida
1679:Onodera
1643:Hayashi
1561:Hayashi
1551:T. Kono
1546:Kishida
1531:Maehara
1488:Koizumi
1477:Y. Kōno
1455:Y. Kōno
1308:Yoshida
1297:Yoshida
1280:S. Tōgō
1258:S. Tōgō
1213:N. Satō
1090:Katsura
1061:Saionji
1009:Saionji
999:Enomoto
460:, Japan
101:scholar
50:include
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1733:Hamada
1705:(2017)
1687:(2014)
1675:(2012)
1669:(2012)
1667:Tanaka
1649:Hamada
1645:(2008)
1637:Ishiba
1633:(2007)
1631:Komura
1627:(2007)
1621:(2007)
1556:Motegi
1515:Kōmura
1471:Kōmura
1466:Obuchi
1410:S. Abe
1400:Sonoda
1395:M. Ito
1385:Sonoda
1375:Kosaka
1365:Kimura
1355:Fukuda
1340:Shiina
1330:Kosaka
1303:Ashida
1253:Toyoda
1233:N. Abe
1218:Hirota
1198:Hiroda
1187:Uchida
1177:Inukai
1155:Matsui
1139:Uchida
1129:Motono
1101:Makino
1084:Uchida
1078:Komura
1049:Komura
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616:Title
550:Career
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1715:Iwaya
1697:Inada
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1619:Kyuma
1541:Genba
1526:Okada
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987:Ōkuma
977:Inoue
691:. LDP
669:. LDP
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613:Year
606:Books
499:高村 正彦
153:高村 正彦
108:JSTOR
94:books
1721:Kono
1445:Hata
1440:Mutō
1345:Miki
1269:Tani
1264:Tōjō
1134:Gotō
1106:Katō
1095:Katō
1055:Katō
1044:Sone
1038:Katō
1032:Aoki
993:Aoki
788:2013
697:2013
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636:ISBN
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