Nonaka, ex-top gov't spokesman and critic of Abe, dies at 92

Hiromu Nonaka, a pacifist ruling Liberal Democratic Party politician who served as top government spokesman in the late 1990s and remained critical of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's constitutional amendment drive, died Friday at a hospital in Kyoto, a party source said. He was 92.Once regarded as one of the most influential party doyens, the Kyoto native served as chief Cabinet secretary in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi from 1998 to 1999, working toward the establishment of a three-way coalition government of the LDP, the Liberal Party and the New Komeito party.Nonaka became the s…READ FULL ARTICLE