Talk:Hakuo Yanagisawa

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We need some more information for this article, specifically on recent comments he has made as well as background info.... Anyone interested? Alkora 23:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC)Alkora

I agree. Now he is famous in Thai too. I want to add to Thai version. He did another comment on 6 February, that HEALTHY young people want to get married and have at least two children. By the way, some members on ja.wikipedia seems to challenge deleting his comment from article.Huawuan 0:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

He is currently famous in Japan after saying controversial word ("Women are birth-giving machines" etc) If people want to create Yanagisawa's article in foreign languages, I'd like not only an user Huawuan but also anyone to do it. I strongly hope his foreign languages article!! -Hatto 04:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

See the Japanese Wikipedia page http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B3%E6%BE%A4%E4%BC%AF%E5%A4%AB

Hakuo Yanagisawa, August 18, 1935, Japanese politician of the Shouwa and Heisei period. Member of the Lower House and affiliated with the LDB (Elected in District 3, Shizuoka). Presently Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Career History

Born in Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture. Transferred from the civil service of the Finance Ministry into the political world, and has held the positions of Chairman of lower house Education Committee, Director General of National Land Agency, Chairman of The Financial Reconstruction Commission and State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs. He is affiliated with the Kouchikai wing within the LDP (Koga Faction). His 'trademark look' is a blunt face that resembles an iron mask.

Policies

Monetary


 * While State Minister in Charge of Financial Affairs he made such statements as "Japanese banks are completely sound there is no need for public investment". It was such a stance that put him at odds with State Minister in Charge of Economic and Fiscal Policy, Heizou Takenaka
 * This antagonism continued with repeated arguments in places like the Cabinet Office Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy and finally Yanagisawa was dismissed from his position in the cabinet reshuffle and Takenaka had the post of Finance Minister added to his position.
 * Became an example, rarely seen in the history of constitutional government in Japan, of "ministerial dismissal due to policy differences".

Financial


 * As someone from the Finance Ministry who has worked as the LDP Select Committee on the Taxation System chairman he is judged to be the LDP's leading "proponent of increasing taxation to regenerate public finance". That is, although he did not oppose the reduction of corporation tax, he strongly supported the increase of consumption tax.

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