ocr: INSIGHT - HITA AGHI& L - enough to assure an aspirant of the prime minis- ters post. He could get almosta any bill he wanted passed by the Diet just by sharing back-room drinks with members of the LDP's chief opposi- D - - - - - n tion. His mastery over the mighty bureaucracy, one that held Japanese businesses in a regulatory vice, was unrivalled. That kind of power didn't come easy. It didn't come clean. Butitcould be had- --for a price. The Deal Maker Kanemaru, who entered the Diet's Lower House in 1958 on an LDP ticket, made himserinaispensable to the party through his unusual pipeline to t ...
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