Just for context it should be noted that Yoshiro Mori was only ever prime minister of Japan by default and was in office for less that a year. During that time his approval ratings never got above single digits and he was so gaffe prone he was known as Japan's own Prince Phillip.
When his predecessor died of a stroke while in office his entire cabinet resigned in a traditional sign of respect, except for Yoshiro Mori who to everyone's horror immediately put his name forward as replacement and so was elected unopposed on a technicality.
During a farmers strike he was considered so dishonorable that farm union delegates turned their back on him and walked inside.
Yoshiro Mori responded to this not with an apology, but by lowering his rolls royce window and bawling after them "What's the matter with you all? You Think I have AIDS?"
On another occasion he announced he would not be in the Diet (Japanese Parliament) as he had an important diplomatic meeting, but was later photographed with a notorious Yakuza Boss (Japanese Mafia) drunk out of his mind in an Osaka dive bar.
The final nail in his political coffin came when in In February 2001, the US submarine USS Greeneville accidentally hit and sank the Japanese fishing ship Ehime Maru during an emergency surface drill resulting in nine dead students and teachers. Mori could not be found to be informed as it turned out he had sneaked out to play a round of golf. When informed of the tragedy, he complained that such news was going to ruin his concentration for the rest of the game and probably cause him to lose. He none the less continued his play for the final holes, before addressing the matter at hand.
He was subsequently forced to resign as Prime Minister.
He is now 85 years old and regularly makes the Japanese news for his ill informed opinions, gaffes and idiotic publicity stunts.
He is still a special envoy to Russia, reportedly because President Putin finds him "amusing" and will not talk to anyone else.

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