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| September 22, 2003 | Wehrfritz, George; Takayama, Hideko | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Hiromu Nonaka, the 77-year-old liberal democratic Party stalwart, was arguably the most powerful man in Japan. As a leader of the ruling party's largest faction, which controls 100 seats in Parliament, Nonaka was a political kingmaker. He pulled strings to sway government policies, banged heads to maintain internal order within the LDP, exploited allies who owed him favors in order to bring down political foes. He used all of his clout to stymie the reform efforts of his party rival, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, 61. But after losing a power struggle with Koizumi, Nonaka last week announced his retirement from politics with an uncharacteristic public outburst.

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