Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎, Asō Tarō, born 20 September 1940) is a Japanese politician serving as the Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since...

leadership, Tarō Asō, publicly acknowledged the likelihood of his own defeat a week before the election. In the election, on 23 September, he defeated Aso, receiving...

have asked Aso and the company to apologise, but both have declined to do so. In mid-2008 Tarō Asō conceded that his family's coal mine, Aso Mining Company...

Shikōkai (Japanese: 志公会) is a faction led by Tarō Asō within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). It is currently the third-largest faction within the LDP...

belong to political dynasties: former Prime Ministers Zenkō Suzuki and Tarō Asō are respectively his father and his brother-in-law; his wife Chikako is...

Tarō (太郎, タロウ, たろう) (alternatively romanized Taro, Tarô, Talo, Taroh or Tarou), is a stand-alone masculine Japanese given name or a common name second...

Minister Tarō Asō, and Heisei Kenkyūkai, led by LDP General Secretary Toshimitsu Motegi, defied Kishida's will and did not disband. Both Aso and Motegi...

Party. His chief competitors for the position were Sadakazu Tanigaki and Tarō Asō. Yasuo Fukuda was a leading early contender but ultimately chose not to...

"pre-retirement job for elder statesmen". The current vice president is Tarō Asō, appointed on 8 October 2021. "LDP Constitution: Chapter II Executive Bodies"...

major Japanese political party, however she came in third place losing to Tarō Asō. In 2017 she left the LDP amid much media attention and launched two parties:...

duties of the prime minister until the National Diet elects a successor. Tarō Asō was the longest-serving deputy prime minister. This position has been vacant...

businesswoman Miyoko Asō (麻生 美代子, 1926–2018), Japanese voice actress Natsuko Aso (麻生 夏子, born 1990), Japanese actress and singer Tarō Asō (麻生 太郎, born 1940)...

2007 to 2008 and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries under Tarō Asō from 2008 to 2009. The LDP lost government in 2009, entering Opposition...

Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王妃信子, Tomohito Shinnōhi Nobuko) (born Nobuko Asō (麻生信子, Asō Nobuko); 9 April 1955) is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as...

defeated Tarō Asō for the post, receiving 330 votes against 197 votes for Aso. However Fukuda resigned suddenly in September 2008, and Asō became Prime...

Mikasa (Nobuko). She is also the niece of Japan's 92nd prime minister Tarō Asō (who is the older brother of her mother), great-niece of author and literary...

Shinzō Abe and Tarō Asō. Tanigaki was viewed as the "moderate" candidate in the race, mainly due to his foreign policy views: unlike Abe and Asō, he stated...

by North Korean agents during the 1970s and 1980s. He was replaced by Tarō Asō in the cabinet reshuffle that followed the 11 September 2005 election....

a few prime ministers, including current prime minister Fumio Kishida, Tarō Asō, Shinzō Abe, and Yoshihide Suga, were members. The organization describes...

office in 1993. In September 2008, under the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, Hamada was appointed as Minister of Defense. This was Hamada's first Cabinet...

Fukuda in turn resigned in September 2008 citing political failings, and Tarō Asō was selected by his party. In 2008, Greater Tokyo has the largest metropolitan...

1971) Noma Literary Prize (1970) Parents Shigeru Yoshida (father) Yukiko Makino (mother) Relatives Tarō Asō (nephew) Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (niece)...

Minister Keizō Obuchi in early October 1999. In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tarō Asō, appointed on 24 September 2008, Nakasone was appointed as Minister of...

to serve for more than one year, with his predecessors Yukio Hatoyama, Tarō Asō, Yasuo Fukuda, and Shinzo Abe either resigning prematurely or losing an...

Prime Minister of Japan Tarō Asō announced that he would resign after losing badly in the general election held on 30 August 2009. Asō announced on 8 September...

the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved 10 April 2023. 第92代 麻生 太郎 [92nd Asō Tarō] (in Japanese). Official website of the Prime Minister of Japan. Retrieved...

He was formally named to the post on September 16, 2009. Prime Minister Tarō Asō conceded late on the night of August 30, 2009, that the LDP had lost control...

of Yoshida's grandchildren are Tarō Asō, who served as the 92nd prime minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009, and Nobuko Asō, who later married Prince Tomohito...

countries and other nations in the region as well." Japanese prime minister Tarō Asō also expressed that he believed the best manner in dealing with the economic...

parts of Fukuoka including the city of Iizuka, home to the Asō family (Asō Corp./KK) and Tarō Asō, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faction leader and the only...