
Making of the New Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone''s rise to political prominence began under the watchful eye of the American occupation with which he had a direct and confrontational relationship, arguing for the ending of the occupation and the restoration of sovereignty to Japan. Nakasone argued for Japan''s need to become a ''normal'' nation which in his view involved an enhanced international role for Japan and an enhan...
Yasuhiro Nakasone''s rise to political prominence began under the watchful eye of the American occupation with which he had a direct and confrontational relationship, arguing for the ending of the occupation and the restoration of sovereignty to Japan. Nakasone argued for Japan''s need to become a ''normal'' nation which in his view involved an enhanced international role for Japan and an enhan...

