Ryutaro Hashimoto Biography

Birth of Ryutaro Hashimoto

Appointed Minister of Health & Welfare

Appointed Director of Finance & Public Administration

Appointed Secretary General of the Liberal-Democratic Party

Hashimoto orders a commission from the private sector to look into improving the Japanese market for foreign competition & opens it up to trade

The Kobe earthquakes kill 6,000 people

Hashimoto dissolves the Diet & the Liberal-Democratic Party wins the election

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Delegates from more than 150 countries reach tentative accord at a conference in Japan on measures obliging industrialized nations to reduce industrial emissions believed to be warming the Earths atmosphere

Delegates from more than 150 countries reach tentative accord at a conference in Japan on measures obliging industrialized nations to reduce industrial emissions believed to be warming the Earths atmosphere

During the Upper House elections the LDP loses its majority & Hashimoto resigns to take responsibility for this failure

During the Upper House elections the LDP loses its majority & Hashimoto resigns to take responsibility for this failure

Visits Britain & apologizes to British WWII POWs

By April a record 17,500 businesses in Japan have gone bankrupt

Hashimoto is forced to resign after a scandal, he had accepted a þ100 million check from the Japan Dental Association

Hashimoto is forced to resign after a scandal, he had accepted a þ100 million check from the Japan Dental Association

Death of Ryutaro Hashimoto