Taro Nakayama

Member of the Diet of JapanIn office
8 July 1968 – 30 August 2009ConstituencyCouncillor (1968–1986)
Representative (1986–2009)ConstituencyOsaka PrefectureMinister of Foreign Affairs of JapanIn office
10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991Prime MinisterToshiki KaifuPreceded byHiroshi MitsuzukaSucceeded byMichio Watanabe Personal detailsBorn(1924-08-27)27 August 1924
Osaka, JapanDied15 March 2023(2023-03-15) (aged 98)
Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan^{[citation needed]}Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of JapanParentFukuzō Nakayama dan Masa NakayamaAlma materOsaka Medical College

Taro Nakayama (中山 太郎, Nakayama Tarō, August 27, 1924 – March 15, 2023) was a Japanese doctor and politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka^[1] he received a Ph.D. in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis. After serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1968 as a member of the House of Councilors and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet (1989–1991).

Nakayama's parents, Fukuzō and Masa, were also politicians and members of the Diet, as are his brother Masaaki and nephew Yasuhide.^{[citation needed]}

Nakayama also made history by hiring the first non-Japanese aide, Timothy Langley, into the Japanese Diet as was showcased on 60 Minutes.^[2]

Nakayama was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.^[3] He was a mentor to Nippon Ishin no Kai politician Nobuyuki Baba.^[4]

Nakayama died on March 15, 2023, at the age of 98.^[5]

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Sources

• 政治家情報 〜中山 太郎〜. ザ･選挙 (in Japanese). JANJAN. Retrieved 2007-10-08.

External links

• Official website

House of Councillors
Preceded by Takenori Kato	Chair, Cabinet Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors of Japan 1976–1977	Succeeded by Keikichi Masuhara
Preceded by Mutsuo Kimura	Chair, Rules and Administration Committee of the House of Councillors of Japan 1979–1980	Succeeded by Tokutaro Higaki
Political offices
Preceded by Keizō Obuchi	Director General of Prime Minister's Office 1980–1981	Succeeded by Kunio Tanabe
	Director General of Okinawa Development Agency 1980–1981
Preceded by Hiroshi Mitsuzuka	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1989–1991	Succeeded by Michio Watanabe
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sadanori Yamanaka	Oldest member of the House of Representatives of Japan 2004–2009	Succeeded by Tetsuo Kutsukake