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Politics
Mikio Aoki Suffers Stroke
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Mikio Aoki
Tokyo -- Mikio Aoki, the former strongman of the House of Councillors suffered a mild stroke on Thursday and is likely to retire from politics soon.
Before the LDP lost control of the Diet's upper house in 2007, Aoki had such a grip on political affairs in that chamber that some commentators would refer to the House of Councillors as "Mikio House." Others referred to him as the "don."
Aoki was hospitalized Thursday in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, after saying that he was not feeling well. It is said that he is now having some difficulty in speaking.
Aoki, 75, entered the upper house in 1986 and served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1999 to 2000 in the governments of prime ministers Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori.
He has been one of the LDP's most effective politicians over the past decade.
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