Travel Diary" and "Going to Bokemon World." "Bokemon" is a word from the Kagoshima dialect of Japanese meaning "recklessly strong". References External links in Japanese. http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/koizumidaijin/040927/07otsuji_e.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051031043150/http://otsuji.gr.jp/bokke.htm (Japanese) |- 1940 births Living people Politicians from Kagoshima Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Members of Nippon Kaigi Members of the House of Councillors (Japan) Ministers of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Presidents of the House of Councillors (Japan)