Sōsuke Uno

In this Japanese name, the family name is Uno.
Sōsuke Uno
宇野 宗佑

Uno in 1977
Prime Minister of Japan
In office
3 June 1989  10 August 1989
Monarch Akihito
Preceded by Noboru Takeshita
Succeeded by Toshiki Kaifu
Personal details
Born (1922-08-27)27 August 1922
Moriyama, Shiga, Japan
Died 19 May 1998(1998-05-19) (aged 75)
Moriyama, Shiga, Japan
Political party Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater Kobe University of Commerce
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Sōsuke Uno (宇野 宗佑 Uno Sōsuke, 27 August 1922 19 May 1998) was a Japanese politician and the 75th Prime Minister of Japan from 3 June 1989 to 10 August 1989.

Biography

He was born in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture and attended the Kobe University of Commerce. After serving in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, he entered politics, winning election to the Diet of Japan in 1960.

Uno's main action as prime minister was to institute the country's first consumption tax, which immediately caused an uproar among many voters and led to the Japan Socialist Party's victory in the Tokyo metropolitan legislative election of 1989. Uno's government was also hurt by repercussive effects from the Recruit Scandal of 1988. Uno assumed office on 3 June 1989.

Uno eventually had to resign after less than three months amid a sex scandal revealed by a geisha. The controversy surrounding Uno's extramarital affair was more focused on irresponsibility to support the Geisha rather than immorality; Uno supposedly did not properly provide and support his mistress, at the least not with an appropriate amount, which led her to complain publicly and was branded as a stingy man. The story was not widely publicized in Japan until a Washington Post reporter picked up the story from the Mainichi Shimbun, bringing international attention to Uno.

Following Uno's resignation, most LDP lawmakers refused to associate with him, and he quickly lost control over his faction within the party.

He died in Moriyama.

Honours

From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Sadanori Yamanaka
Minister of State, Head of the Japan Defense Agency
1974
Succeeded by
Michita Sakata
Preceded by
Masao Maeda
Minister of State, Head of the Science and Technology Agency
1976-1977
Succeeded by
Tasaburo Kumagai
Preceded by
Motohiko Kanai
Minister of State, Head of the Administrative Management Agency
1979-1980
Succeeded by
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Preceded by
Sadanori Yamanaka
Minister of International Trade and Industry
1983
Succeeded by
Hikosaburo Okonogi
Preceded by
Tadashi Kuranari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1987–1989
Succeeded by
Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Preceded by
Noboru Takeshita
Prime Minister of Japan
1989
Succeeded by
Toshiki Kaifu
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