Takao Fujinami

Born in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Fujinami was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1967 as a Liberal Democratic Party member, and was elected to the House of Representatives eleven times.During his two years as chief Cabinet secretary, he helped promote Nakasone's policies, including his official visit to Yasukuni Shrine and the cancellation of the cap on Japan's defense budget of one percent of the gross national product.He also helped with Nakasone's administrative reforms, including the privatization of telephone operation and tobacco businesses.Fujinami resigned due to his involvement in the Recruit Company shares-for-favor scandal in the late 1980s.In 1989, Fujinami was indicted on charges of accepting more than 40 million yen in money and unlisted shares as bribes from Recruit, a Tokyo-based job information conglomerate.
Chief Cabinet SecretaryYasuhiro NakasoneMasaharu GotōdaDeputy Chief Cabinet SecretaryYukihiko IkedaMinister of LabourMasayoshi ŌhiraMasayuki FujioHouse of RepresentativesNorio MitsuyaMie 5thWataraiMie PrefectureAlma materWaseda UniversityJapaneseLiberal Democratic PartyLabor MinisterPrime MinisterMasayoshi OhiraNakasoneYasukuni Shrinedefense budgetgross national producttelephone operationtobaccoRecruit Company shares-for-favor scandalfactionsecretary generalindictedTokyo District CourtacquittedTokyo High CourtSupreme CourtTakami EtoKozo Watanabe