Download or read book Shin Kanemaru and the Tragedy of Japan's Political System written by U. Kruze and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shin Kanemaru (1914-1996) served as a key power broker at the national level in Japan from the 1970s until the early 1990s. He was at the heart of the '1955 system' of conservative political rule. Though never Prime Minister himself, he controlled or strongly influenced the administrations of five Japanese Prime Ministers.