Ozaki Yukio

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Ozaki Yukio

Japanese politician

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Born:: Dec. 24, 1858, Kanagawa, Sagami province, Japan

Died:: Oct. 6, 1954, Zushi, Kanagawa prefecture (aged 95)

Title / Office:: mayor (1903-1912), Tokyo

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Ozaki Yukio (born Dec. 24, 1858, Kanagawa, Sagami province, Japan—died Oct. 6, 1954, Zushi, Kanagawa prefecture) was a noted democratic politician who was elected to the Japanese House of Representatives a total of 25 times and is considered the “father of parliamentary politics” in that country. Originally a journalist, Ozaki joined the government as a follower of the politician and later prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu. When Ōkuma resigned in 1881 owing to the cabinet’s failure to adopt his radical proposals for the creation of a new constitution, Ozaki followed him into opposition. In 1898 Ozaki was back in the government, ...(100 of 268 words)

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