Taro Nakayama

Taro Nakayama (中山 太郎, Nakayama Tarō; August 27, 1924 – March 15, 2023) was a Japanese doctor and politician who served in the House of Councillors and the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Osaka^[1] he received a Ph.D. in medicine from Osaka Medical College in 1960 for the study of infantile paralysis. After serving in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 1968 as a member of the House of Councilors and to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. From 1989 to 1990 he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Toshiki Kaifu's cabinet (1989–1991).

Taro Nakayama
中山 太郎
Nakayama in 2004
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 10 August 1989 – 5 November 1991
Prime Minister	Toshiki Kaifu
Preceded by	Hiroshi Mitsuzuka
Succeeded by	Michio Watanabe
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 8 July 1986 – 21 July 2009
Preceded by	Sadao Wada
Succeeded by	Osamu Nakagawa
Constituency	Osaka 5th (1986–1996) Osaka 18th (1996–2009)
Member of the House of Councillors
In office 8 July 1968 – 18 June 1986
Preceded by	Fukuzo Nakayama
Succeeded by	Kiyoshi Nishikawa
Constituency	Osaka at-large
Member of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly
In office 23 April 1955 – 8 June 1968
Constituency	Osaka City Ikuno Ward
Personal details
Born	(1924-08-27)27 August 1924 Osaka, Japan
Died	15 March 2023(2023-03-15) (aged 98) Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Parent(s)	Fukuzō Nakayama Masa Nakayama
Relatives	Masaaki Nakayama (brother) Yasuhide Nakayama (nephew)
Alma mater	Osaka Medical College

Nakayama's parents, Fukuzō and Masa, were also politicians and members of the Diet, as are his brother Masaaki and nephew Yasuhide.^{[citation needed]}

Nakayama also made history by hiring the first non-Japanese aide, Timothy Langley, into the Japanese Diet as was showcased on 60 Minutes.^[2]

Nakayama was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi.^[3] He was a mentor to Nippon Ishin no Kai politician Nobuyuki Baba.^[4]

Nakayama died on March 15, 2023, at the age of 98.^[5]