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[[Image:Keizo Obuchi.jpg|thumb|right|Keizō Obuchi, former PM of Japan]]'''Keizō Obuchi,''' a (小渕恵三 ''Obuchi Keizō'') (25 June, 1937 – 14 May, 2000) was the 48^th [[Japan]]ese prime minister who apologized to [[South Korea]] for [[war crimes]] from World War II, on 9 October, 1998. He was first elected to the [[National Diet]] in November 1932 when he was elected to the House of Representatives in November 1963. He passed through the gateway to cabinet-level positions in 1970 with an appointment as parliamentary vice-minister of posts and telecommunications, and ever since he has remained involved in affairs related to information and communications.<ref> [http://memberswww.iinetkantei.netgo.aujp/~gduncanforeign/massacres_pacificprofile/career/career.html Massacres and Atrocities of WWII in the Pacific Region]</ref>