several Upper House members. He is to be replaced by Wataru Takeshita, half-brother of former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita - the latter of whom founded the faction in the first place. References |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1944 births Living people Waseda University alumni Government ministers of Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Finance of Japan Members of Nippon Kaigi Japanese defense ministers Politicians from Ibaraki Prefecture 21st-century Japanese politicians