On May 14, 2000 (April 11, 2000 in the lunar calendar), former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi died of illness. Former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi passed away due to illness at Tokyo's Juntendo Hospital at 4:07 pm on May 14, 2000. He was 62 years old. On April 2, Keizo Obuchi was hospitalized urgently due to cerebral thrombosis. Subsequently, Obuchi's condition deteriorated and remained in a coma, and Obuchi's cabinet had to announce its general resignation on April 4. The new cabinet with Yoshiro Mori as prime minister takes power. Keizo Obuchi was born on June 25, 1937 in Owa-Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Waseda University in 1962. Since entering politics in 1963, he has been elected to the National Assembly for 12 consecutive times. In 1979, Obuchi was elected to the cabinet for the first time as the chief of the General Affairs Office of the Prime Minister's Office of the Ohei Cabinet. Since then, he has served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister. In July 1998, Obuchi became Prime Minister of Japan. This is a photo taken by Keizo Obuchi (center) with representatives attending the G8 Education Ministers 'Meeting on April 1. That night, he fell ill and was hospitalized. The picture shows the hearse carrying Keizo Obuchi's body driving out of Shuntitan Hospital