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jjmccullough — Prime Ministers of Japan
Published: 2009-11-21 10:59:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 9981; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 92
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I suppose it was inevitable I would draw this sooner or later. Here they all are. Lots of different political parties have held power in Japan. Two have held power in Canada.Related content
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I am always fascinated by Japanese politics because of the quirks that occur from time to time. Some of the Prime ministers here were famous because of the pretty bad job they did (or did not do) while in office- one got out because of an issue with a geisha, another because of his reaction to a major earthquake striking Kobe ( a Haircut) and the other became a vomit bucket for an important delegate.
There are some who did prove worthy of their position- although what comes to mind is Koizumi because of the length of his term in office (among other things). He is also controversial in his beliefs and action while in office (sending JSDF personnels to Iraq, visiting Yasukuni Shrine while in office, those sort of things).
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Ok I take it back- Koizumi wasn't really as successful as I thought he was.
Popular- Most Definitely; Successful- Not as I understand it
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you can see evolution of fashion and style in with each new PM.
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Of course the only one I could name was General Tojo in World War II. I think (correct me if I am wrong) the first one (Ito) was later assassinated about 1910 by a Korean? Otherwise they are all faces I can't place. The only other Japanese politician I recall is that leader of the Socialists, whose horrible assassination by a sword carrying fanatic was filmed on television (you can still see it on You Tube). That fellow was never Prime Miister.
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Yes, they are all very SUINA
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and your works are lookalike to the real persons XD
anyway,wonderful work !
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how precious, i know half of their name and some of their face.
recent PM is just a jerk 
he'll resign sooner or later
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Technically, you have to go back before the age of Prime Ministers to find Japan under 'military rule'...since all of the Prime Ministers up through WWII served at the purported pleasure of the Emperor.
In reality, of course, Japan's tradition of having the Emperor be a 'hands-off' ruler (to preserve his mystique of being nigh-infallible) lent an awful lot more power to the office of Prime Minister than it generally has in other nations.
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Yeah, I couldn't believe that Nobusuke Kishi was actually that goony-looking, but I looked up his photo, and darned if you weren't right.
Give Canada some credit for being one of the few countries with no history of military rule, at least.
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Very amazing! I looked through all of these and checked out most of their Wikipedia pages to see their pictures at the same time. These are very accurate and you're a great artist! Good job!
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Very impressive. Too bad I know practically nothing about all of them.
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Nobusuke Kishi (1957-1960) reminds me of Pee-Wee Herman!
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That's a hell of a lot PMs for just over a century...
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The majority of them were in office only for one to two years. Really odd.
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