Keizo Obuchi Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Keizo Obuchi, based on 6 World History Database records associated with Japan.

6 records1998–20006 events1 places

Chronological biography

1998

Economy of Japan1998

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan · Tokyo

The Finance Ministry estimates there is a total of $548 billion bad loans

Prime Minister of Japan30 July 1998

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Scandal30 July 1998

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan · Tokyo

Labelled by the media as Takeshitas "goldfish shit"

1999

Visit to TokyoApril 1999

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan · Tokyo

Visits the USA to discuss Japanese rearament

Government5 October 1999

Government / Liberal-Democratic Party Government · Prime Minister of Japan

Reshuffles the Cabinet, forms a coaliton with the Liberal Party & the New Komeito

2000

Health of Keizo Obuchi4 March 2000

Science / Medicine · Prime Minister of Japan

Obuchi is hospitalized & forced to rest

Titles and roles

Prime Minister of Japan

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.