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'''{{Nihongo|Makoto Tanabe|田邊 誠|lead=yes}}''' (February 25, 1922 – July 2, 2015) was the chairman of the former [[Japan Socialist Party]], now known as the [[Social Democratic Party of Japan]]. He was elected to the position in 1991.<ref name="Gatu2015">{{cite book|last=Gatu|first=Dagfinn|title=The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkreCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|date=12 June 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-52648-3|pages=98}}</ref> Tanabe was from the right wing of the party and was a reformer.<ref name="BanksDay2016">{{cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Arthur S.|last2=Day|first2=Alan J.|last3=Muller|first3=Thomas C.|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6mFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA479|date=1 February 2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-14951-3|page=479}}</ref> He served in the Japanese [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] 11 times.<ref name="jtdeath">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/ex-socialist-leader-makoto-tanabe-confidant-fallen-ldp-kingpin-kanemaru-dies-93/#.WSDdIRPyto5</ref> Tanabe was a supporter of giving Japanese aide to deal with the lack of food in [[North Korea]].<ref name="reimagining">{{cite book |chapter-url=http://japaninstitute.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/u5/Re-Imagining_Part_II.pdf |title=Re-imagining Japan – North Korea relations |first=Tessa |last=Morris-Suzuki |chapter=IV. The third cycle: famine, aid and the ‘Japanese wives’, 1990–2001}}</ref> He was also supportive of apologizing for Japan's behaviour during [[World War II]] and of giving reparations to those in Asian countries.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/09/world/japan-s-socialists-reproach-rulers-for-refusal-to-apologize-for-war.html |title=Japan's Socialists Reproach Rulers for Refusal to Apologize for War |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 December 1991 |last1=Weisman |first1=Steven R. }}</ref> He died in 2015.<ref name="jtdeath"/>
'''{{Nihongo|Makoto Tanabe|田邊 誠|lead=yes}}''' (February 25, 1922 – July 2, 2015) was the chairman of the former [[Japan Socialist Party]], now known as the [[Social Democratic Party of Japan]]. He was elected to the position in 1991.<ref name="Gatu2015">{{cite book|last=Gatu|first=Dagfinn|title=The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkreCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|date=12 June 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-52648-3|pages=98}}</ref> Tanabe was from the right wing of the party and was a reformer.<ref name="BanksDay2016">{{cite book|last1=Banks|first1=Arthur S.|last2=Day|first2=Alan J.|last3=Muller|first3=Thomas C.|title=Political Handbook of the World 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6mFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA479|date=1 February 2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-14951-3|page=479}}</ref> He served in the Japanese [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] 11 times.<ref name="jtdeath">{{cite news |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/ex-socialist-leader-makoto-tanabe-confidant-fallen-ldp-kingpin-kanemaru-dies-93/ |title=Former Japan Socialist Party leader Tanabe, confidant to fallen LDP kingpin Kanemaru, dies at 93 |date=July 3, 2015 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703223331/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/03/national/politics-diplomacy/ex-socialist-leader-makoto-tanabe-confidant-fallen-ldp-kingpin-kanemaru-dies-93/ |archive-date=2015-07-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Tanabe was a supporter of giving Japanese aide to deal with the lack of food in [[North Korea]].<ref name="reimagining">{{cite book |chapter-url=http://japaninstitute.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/u5/Re-Imagining_Part_II.pdf |title=Re-imagining Japan – North Korea relations |first=Tessa |last=Morris-Suzuki |chapter=IV. The third cycle: famine, aid and the ‘Japanese wives’, 1990–2001}}</ref> He was also supportive of apologizing for Japan's behaviour during [[World War II]] and of giving reparations to those in Asian countries.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/09/world/japan-s-socialists-reproach-rulers-for-refusal-to-apologize-for-war.html |title=Japan's Socialists Reproach Rulers for Refusal to Apologize for War |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 December 1991 |last1=Weisman |first1=Steven R. }}</ref> He died in 2015.<ref name="jtdeath"/>


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Makoto Tanabe (Japanese: 田邊 誠) (February 25, 1922 – July 2, 2015) was the chairman of the former Japan Socialist Party, now known as the Social Democratic Party of Japan. He was elected to the position in 1991.[1] Tanabe was from the right wing of the party and was a reformer.[2] He served in the Japanese House of Representatives 11 times.[3] Tanabe was a supporter of giving Japanese aide to deal with the lack of food in North Korea.[4] He was also supportive of apologizing for Japan's behaviour during World War II and of giving reparations to those in Asian countries.[5] He died in 2015.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gatu, Dagfinn (12 June 2015). The Post-war Roots of Japanese Political Malaise. Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-317-52648-3.
  2. ^ Banks, Arthur S.; Day, Alan J.; Muller, Thomas C. (1 February 2016). Political Handbook of the World 1998. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 479. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3.
  3. ^ a b "Former Japan Socialist Party leader Tanabe, confidant to fallen LDP kingpin Kanemaru, dies at 93". The Japan Times. July 3, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03.
  4. ^ Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. "IV. The third cycle: famine, aid and the 'Japanese wives', 1990–2001" (PDF). Re-imagining Japan – North Korea relations.
  5. ^ Weisman, Steven R. (9 December 1991). "Japan's Socialists Reproach Rulers for Refusal to Apologize for War". The New York Times.