What is Sōsuke Uno?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sōsuke Uno |native_name = {{nobold|宇野 宗佑}} |native_name_lang = ja |image = Sosuke Uno 19890603.jpg |imagesize = 210px |office = [[Prime Minister of Japan]] |monarch = [[Akihito]] |term_start = 3 June 1989 |term_end = 10 August 1989 |predecessor = [[Noboru Takeshita]] |successor = [[Toshiki Kaifu]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|8|27|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Moriyama, Shiga|Moriyama]], [[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]], [[Japan]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1998|5|19|1922|8|27|df=y}} |death_place = Moriyama, Shiga, Japan |signature = UnoS kao.png |party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] |alma_mater = [[Kobe University|Kobe University of Commerce]] }} {{nihongo|'''Sōsuke Uno'''|宇野 宗佑|Uno Sōsuke|extra=27 August 1922 &ndash; 19 May 1998}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[politician]]. He was the 75th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] from 3 June 1989 to 10 August 1989. Uno's main action as prime minister was to increase [[consumption tax]], which caused an uproar among many voters and led to the [[Japan Socialist Party]]'s victory in the Tokyo metropolitan legislative election of 1989. Uno's government was also hurt his actions. It was also effected from the [[Recruit Scandal]] of 1988. Uno assumed office on 3 June 1989. He would soon resign two months later because of a sex scandal accusation. Uno died on 19 May 1998 in [[Moriyama]], [[Shiga]], Japan from [[pneumonia]], aged 75. ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} *West, Mark D. 2006: Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States. 368 p.&nbsp;{{ISBN|978-0-226-89408-9}} [http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/206129.ctl Chicago University Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219232059/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/206129.ctl |date=2008-02-19 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Uno, Sosuke}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Japan]] [[Category:People