   was a japanese politician, cabinet minister, and prime minister of japan from 13 december 1931 to 15 may 1932. ==early life== inukai was born to a former samurai family of the niwase domain, in niwase village, bizen province (now part of okayama city, okayama prefecture), where his father had been a local official and magistrate under the tokugawa shogunate. in 1876, inukai travelled to tokyo and subsequently graduated from the keio gijuku (now keio university) where he specialized in chinese studies. in his early career, inukai worked as a journalist for the yÅ«bin hÅchi shimbun (now a sports newspaper subsidiary of the yomiuri shimbun). he went with the imperial japanese army to the front during the satsuma rebellion as a reporter. ==political career== inukai was invited by Åkuma shigenobu to help form the rikken kaishintÅ political party in 1882, which supported liberal political causes, strongly opposed the domination of the government by members of the former chÅshÅ« and satsuma domains, and called for a british-style constitutional monarchy within the framework of a parliamentary democracy. inukai was first elected to the lower house of the imperial diet in 1890, and was subsequently reelected 17 times, holding the same seat for 42 years until his death. inukaiâs first cabinet post was as minister of education in the first Åkuma shigenobu administration of 1898, succeeding ozaki yukio, who was forced to resign due to a speech which conservative elements in the diet charged promoted republicanism. however, ozakiâs resignation did not end the crisis, which culminated with the fall of the Åkuma administration, so inukaiâs term
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