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862:2000–2001
808:2007–2008
775:12 January
684:12 January
662:12 January
643:References
558:Shinzō Abe
465:Alma mater
437:1942-03-15
290:Shinzō Abe
260:Yōhei Kōno
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1227:K. Nomura
1171:Yoshizawa
1160:Shidehara
1155:G. Tanaka
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577:Tarō Asō
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1668:Onodera
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1634:(2008)
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1622:(2007)
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1344:Fukuda
1329:Shiina
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