Topics include WWII war crimes, the holocaust and Japanese policy, post-war reparations, comfort women and the new history textbook movement.

Article discusses the Japanese constitution of 1946 and the forces and ideas that influenced it, including the US's Declaration of Independence.

Prime minister of Japan from 1996 to 1998 attempted to bring Japan out of its 1990 recession. Read a brief profile of Ryutaro's career.

Collects resources on reactions to a Smithsonian Institution exhibition on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII.

Read a brief biography of the Japanese prime minister who served from August 1993 to April 1994 and helped found the progressive Japan New Party.

Prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964 was responsible for the formation of the Liberal-Democratic Party in 1955. Find a photo and a bio.

Served as prime minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Read a brief summary of his political career.

Encyclopedia article profiles the prime minister of Japan from 1994 to 1996 and the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan.

Read about the political career and election of the prime minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. Includes a photo.

Contains a short profile of the Japanese statesman and former prime minister who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974.

Read a biographical profile of this former Japanese prime minister, and take a look at a picture of the man.