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The Japan Times
January 16, 2018
Others are known for their strongly nationalist stances, such as Kyoko Nakayama and her husband, Nariaki Nakayama. It has long been the general consensus in the Diet that at least the approval of the biggest opposition force should be secured before making key decisions on constitution-related issues,Ãâà...
The Japan Times
June 4, 2014
Aside from Ishihara, the 22 founding members of the new party include former Suginami Ward chief Hiroshi Yamada, who has denied that the Japanese authorities forced any Asian women to work as “comfort women” in a wartime brothel system, and former education minister Nariaki Nakayama, who hasÃâà...
The Japan Times
November 17, 2008
Tourism minister Nariaki Nakayama alluded to this problem days after his appointment in September, when he bemoaned the fact that Japanese “do not like nor desire foreigners” and called for Japanese to “open their hearts” to diverse cultures. Nakayama was sacked days later. Calls to allow in moreÃâà...
The Japan Times
November 3, 2008
Nariaki Nakayama of the Liberal Democratic Party resigned because of gaffes he made in front of the press only five days after being appointed transport minister in the Cabinet Prime Minister Taro Aso formed in late September. Nakayama retracted his remarks, except for the hostile ones he made towardÃâà...
The Japan Times
September 28, 2008
Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet suffered a serious blow Sunday with the resignation of transport minister Nariaki Nakayama, who was under fire for several gaffes, including saying Japan is “ethnically homogenous.” Aso appointed former administrative reform minister Kazuyoshi Kaneko, 65, to succeedÃâà...
The Age
March 2, 2007
Nariaki Nakayama, the leader of the 120, suggested the brothels were a simple business venture. "Some say it is useful to compare the brothels to college cafeterias run by private companies, who recruit their own staff, procure foodstuffs and set prices," he said. "Where there's demand, business crops up,"Ãâà...
New York Times
March 1, 2007
“Some say it is useful to compare the brothels to college cafeterias run by private companies, who recruit their own staff, procure foodstuffs and set prices,” Nariaki Nakayama, the leader of 120 lawmakers who want to revise the declaration, said Thursday. “Where there's demand, business crops up,” Mr.
BBC News
June 30, 2005
"We believe that the Iter project should start as soon as possible for the sake of mankind's future," said Nariaki Nakayama, Japan's science minister. Janez Potocnik, EU commissioner for science and research, said that now a consensus had been reached, "we will make all efforts to finalise the agreementÃâà...
BBC News
April 15, 2005
Education Minister Nariaki Nakayama is also a prominent right wing member of the Japanese cabinet. Just last November he remarked that textbooks being used in junior high schools contained passages about Japan's past that espoused a "self-torturing" view of Japan's modern history. The problem isÃâà...
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