21. JPRI Working Paper No. 34 To discuss the issue of sato eisaku s arrest, the Prosecutor General held anexecutive meeting of the procuracy s ultimate decisionmaking forum in high http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp34.html

JPRI Working Paper No. 34: June 1997 Why the Wicked Sleep: The Prosecution of Political Corruption in Postwar Japa n by David T. Johnson We will not let the wicked sleep. favorite prosecutor maxim, popularized by Itoh Shigeki, Japan's 14th postwar Prosecutor General, December 19, 1985 to March 23, 1988. The wicked are sleeping.Prosecutors, wake up! Tachibana Takashi, Japan's premier investigative journalist. Political corruption in Japan is rampant, often implicating the country's most powerful political elites. Prosecutors in Japan claim their main mission is to expose and indict cases of political corruption. Moreover, they receive strong public support to 'not let the wicked sleep.' However, since 1954 few major politicians have been charged with serious crimes. The wicked seem to be sleeping. Though political corruption plagues many nation-states, most observers believe that an especially virulent form of the disease infects Japan, and that the Yamato strain of the malady is especially resistant to treatment. The list of postwar politicians who have been involved in one or another scandal reads like a virtual who's who of postwar politics: Ashida Hitoshi, Yoshida Shigeru, Ikeda Hayato, Sato Eisaku, Tanaka Kakuei, Fukuda Takeo, Nakasone Yasuhiro, Takeshita Noboru, Miyazawa Kiichi, Kanemaru Shin, Ozawa Ichiro, and even Hosokawa Morihiro, whose ascension to the prime-ministership in 1993 ended the Liberal Democratic Party's 38-year era of one-party dominance. In short, political corruption in postwar Japan is not only extensive; it has repeatedly tainted the names of the nation's most prominent politicians.

22. JPRI Working Paper No. 83 fortunes from the Fund include Mrs. Eisaku Sato . . . and Masaharu Gotoda, led to the governments of Kishi Nobusuke, sato eisaku, and Tanaka Kakuei. http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp83.html

Working Paper No. 83, December 2001 Kishi and Corruption: An Anatomy of the 1955 System by Richard J. Samuels The extended period in Japanese politics during which a single conservative party (i.e., the Liberal Democratic Party, or LDP) was dominant what has come to be known as the "1955 System" was virtually coterminous with the Cold War. Yoshida Shigeru (1878-1967) deserves credit for laying the foundation of this system, but his "mainstream" conservatism was just one of several streams flowing into the reservoir of postwar Japanese political power.* Yoshida's preeminence and his legacy is challenged by a very different kind of conservative, Kishi Nobusuke (1896-1987), who was also an architect of the "transwar" system of industrial and economic policy. Yoshida and his disciples represented the more decorous "mainstream" of LDP hegemony and worked comfortably with the "orthodox" business community ( seitoha zaikai ). Kishi, by contrast, managed to maintain contacts with the mainstream while also connecting the non-zaibatsu business community and selected parts of the discredited prewar world of ultra-nationalist politicians and control bureaucrats (tosei kanryo) to the postwar conservative hegemony.

23. Names Kishi, the older brother of sato eisaku, was a minister in the cabinet of He negotiated an agreement with Japanese Prime Minister sato eisaku in 1969 to http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/sarantakes/Names.html

Important American, Japanese, and Okinawan figures involved in foreign policy affecting U.S. rule of Okinawa Dean Acheson - U.S. Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. He appointed John Foster Dulles to negotiate the Japanese peace treaty, despite personal contempt for him. Acheson also helped implemented the post-war base system in the Pacific, in which Okinawa played a critical role. He died in 1971. Aichi Kiichi - Japanese Foreign Minister from 1968 to 1972. A close political supporter of Sato, Aichi supervised negotiations leading up to the reversion agreement in 1969. He also oversaw the technical negotiations from 1969-71. He died in 1973. John Allison - U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1956. A Japanese specialist who started his career in Tokyo as a language officer, Allison served as the primary assistant to John Foster Dulles in the negotiations of the Japanese peace treaty. When Dulles became Secretary of State, he gave Allison the Tokyo assignment. Allison helped publicize the concept of "residual sovereignty" in Japan, and favored the return of the Anami Oshima island group in 1953. He served as U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and Czechoslovakia after leaving Tokyo. He retired from the foreign service in 1959, and taught at the University of Hawaii afterwards. He died in 1978. Gen. of the Army Omar Bradley

24. Okinawa Chronology, 1945-1972 sato eisaku resigns his government post to run for the president of the LDP and,given the party s control of the Diet, Prime Minister. http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/sarantakes/Time.html

Chronology April 1 Battle of Okinawa begins. Tenth Army lands on Higashi beach unopposed. April 4 XXIV Corps of the Tenth Army makes first contact with Japanese defensive fortifications in southern Okinawa. April 18 Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper columnist Ernie Pyle killed on Ie Shima. April 20 III Marine Amphibious Corps finishes taking northern Okinawa. May 11 Kamikaze crashes the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill May 13 Kamikaze plunges straight down into the flight deck of the U.S.S. Enterprise May 21 Marines take Sugar Loaf Hill, which guards the entrance to Shuri and headquarters of the Japanese 32nd Army. May 24 Marines enter Naha, capital of Okinawa; largest city ever taken by the Marines up to that point in time. June 10 Lt. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, Jr., commanding Tenth Army, offers surrender terms to Lt. Gen. Ushijima Mitsuru, commander of 32nd Army. Americans never receive response. June 15 Coordinated Japanese resistance ends; effective death of 32nd Army. June 18 Japanese artillery barrage kills Buckner. Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger (United States Marine Corps) assumes command of Tenth Army; first Marine officer to command a field army in combat. June 21 Geiger announces island secured.

25. Japan Today Ikeda and sato eisaku were determinate to emphasize Japan’s economic development sato eisaku (1901–1975) hold a variety of ministerial posts in the next http://www.empereur.com/DOC/Japan_Pol_Since1954.html

The Japanese political situation since 1954 Japanese Primer ministers Yoshida Shigeru (1878-1967) Premier Yoshida's policy of close collaboration with the U.S. was subjected to strong criticism by dissidents within the Liberal party during the second half of 1954. In late November the insurgent Liberals formed the Japan Democratic Party. Premier Yoshida, who was removed as head of the Liberal party a few days later, resigned the Premier-ship in early December after failing to muster a majority in the diet. Hatoyama Ichiro (1883-1959) Subsequently, by virtue of Socialist party support, the Democratic Party leader Hatoyama was elected. He promised, in exchange for Socialist support, to dissolve the diet in January 1955 and hold national elections. The Democratic Party failed to win a majority in the diet in the election held in February 1955, but with Liberal support Hatoyama was returned to the primer ship. The Liberal (conservative) had to reorganize in order to counter the socialists. In November 1955, the liberals (Yoshida’s clan) and Democrats (Hotoyama) formed the Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P). The policy of L.D.P was to concentrate mainly on economic productions. Until the first oil crisis Japan had more than 10% growth annually. At the meantime, the major dilemma was the Foreign policy issue.

26. Eisaku Sato Biography .ms Eisaku Sato. Eisaku Sato (; sato eisaku March 27,1901–June 3,1975) wasa Japanese desato eisaku frsato eisaku ltEisaku Sato ja http://eisaku-sato.biography.ms/

Eisaku Sato March 27 June 3 ) was a Japanese politician and the 61st, 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan , elected on November 9 , and re-elected on February 17 and January 14 , serving until July 7 He was born in Tabuse Yamaguchi Prefecture , and studied law at Tokyo Imperial University , becoming a civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. In , he was named vice-minister for transportation. He entered the Diet in as a member of the Liberal Party , and gradually rose through the ranks of Japanese politics, becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary to Yoshida Shigeru , and in , minister of construction. After the Liberal Party merged with the Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party Kishi Nobusuke (his brother) and Hayato Ikeda 1960's he appeared to have single-handed control over the entire Japanese government. He was a popular prime minister due to the growing economy; his foreign policy, which was a balancing act between the interests of the United States and China , was more tenuous. In Richard Nixon to repatriate Okinawa and remove its nuclear weaponry: this deal was controversial because it allowed the U.S. forces in Japan

27. Eisaku Sato Eisaku Sato. AKA Eisaku Satô. Born 27Mar-1901 Birthplace Tabuse, Yamaguchi,Japan Died 3-Jun-1975 Location of death Tokyo, Japan http://www.nndb.com/people/432/000091159/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Eisaku Sato AKA Born: 27-Mar-1901 Birthplace: Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan Died: 3-Jun-1975 Location of death: Tokyo, Japan Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Ethnicity: Asian Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Level of fame: Niche Executive summary: Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 Brother: Ichiro (Japanese rear admiral) Brother: Nobusuke Kishi (Japanese Prime Minister, b. 1896, d. 1987) Wife: Hiroko (m. 23-Feb-1926) Son: Ryutaro Sato Son: Shinji Sato High School: Japan (1921) Law School: Tokyo Imperial University (1924) Prime Minister of Japan 9-Nov-1964 to 7-Jul-1972 Member of the Japanese Diet Nobel Peace Prize Do you know something we don't? Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

28. Sato Eisaku Sato was born in 1901. He receiving a law degree from Tokyo ImperialUniversity in year 1924. Tokyo Imperial University is generally ranked as http://www.jakvydelat.com/eisaku-sato/

Eisaku Sato known as Jiyu Minshuto is the biggest Japanese political party at present (2004). It is not to be confused with the now-defunct Jiyuto (Liberal Party). He held a variety of ministerial posts in the next several governments, including minister of construction in years 1952–53, minister of finance in years 1958–60, and minister of science and technology in years 1963–64. In 1964 he succeeded Hayato Ikeda as prime minister when ill health forced the latter to resign. Although inexperienced in international affairs, Sato pursued a vigorous foreign policy during his term in office. He negotiated an agreement in year 1965 that called for the normalization of South Korean–Japanese relations, and in 1969 he signed a treaty with the United States that led to the reestablishment in year 1972 of Japanese sovereignty in Okinawa. Okinawa Prefecture is Japan's southernmost prefecture, and consists of 169 islands known as The Ryukyu Islands or Ryukyus, in an island chain over 1000km long, which extends southwest from Kyushu (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan, although the northern islands in the chain are part of Kagoshima prefecture. United States Forces Japan, or USFJ, refers to the various divisions of the United States Armed Forces that are stationed in Japan. There are currently 47,000 U.S. military personnel in Japan, and another 5,500 American civilians employed there by the United States Department of Defense. He was Awarded

29. Life Story - Chapter 8 Fukuda was supported by the devious sato eisaku Tanaka’s main platform was buildinga network of new highways and bullet train lines to formerly neglected http://gregoryclark.net/lifestory/page7/page7.html

Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 ... Chapter 15 Life Story Gregory Clark Chapter 8 Returning from China, I still had to keep on top of the Japan story. The Tanaka Kakuei Experience 1972 saw the drama of Tanaka Kakuei winning the LDP presidency away from Fukuda Takeo, the conservative old guard candidate. Fukuda was supported by the devious Sato Eisaku (Today Asahi would probably prefer not to be reminded of all this. Just two years later the mood was to turn totally anti-Tanaka, thanks in part to an event in which I had the dishonor to participate.) Western commentators then, and even now to some extent, have a romantic view that sees Japan and China as East Asian cultural lookalikes, destined to come together eventually, but kept apart only by US pressure. Right through to the very end, in 1971, the Sato administration was secretly lobbying, mainly among the Latin Americans, in a vain effort to get the votes to prevent Beijing from joining the UN. Tanaka himself was no progressive. But on China he was a realist and was prepared to follow the advice of his progressive and humanistic foreign minister, Ohira Masayoshi.

30. Japan Since The Vietnam War 1972.06 PM sato eisaku (proTaiwan) resigns after Nixon visit 1972 US cedesOkinawa to Japan sato eisaku declares this to be the true end of the war http://www4.ncsu.edu/~fljpm/chron/jc47.showa-heisei.html

31. Eisaku Sato -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article Eisaku Sato. Categories Nobel Peace Prize winners, Japanese prime ministers, Eisaku Sato (; sato eisaku March 27,1901–June 3,1975) was a (A http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/e/ei/eisaku_sato.htm

Eisaku Sato [Categories: Nobel Peace Prize winners, Japanese prime ministers, 1975 deaths, 1901 births] Eisaku Sato (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan ese (A person active in party politics) politician and the 61st, 62nd and 63rd (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Japan) Prime Minister of Japan , elected on November 9, 1964, and re-elected on February 17, 1967 and January 14, 1970, serving until July 7, 1972. He was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Tabuse) Tabuse (Click link for more info and facts about Yamaguchi Prefecture) Yamaguchi Prefecture , and studied (The collection of rules imposed by authority) law at (Click link for more info and facts about Tokyo Imperial University) Tokyo Imperial University , becoming a (A public official who is a member of the civil service) civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. In 1948, he was named vice-minister for transportation. He entered the (A prescribed selection of foods) Diet in 1949 as a member of the (A major political party in Great Britain in the 19th century; now the third largest; advocated reforms and improvement of the conditions of working people)

32. List Of Prime Ministers Of Japan -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article 39, (Click link for more info and facts about sato eisaku) sato eisaku, 9 November1964, 6 July 1972, Liberal Democratic http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/L/Li/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Ja

List of Prime Ministers of Japan [Categories: Lists of office-holders, Japanese people, Japanese history, Government of Japan] This is a historical list of individuals who have served as (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Japan) Prime Minister of Japan . Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed but not counted: e.g., while Koizumi Junichiro is the listed as the 56th individual to hold this position, his administration is the 87th since Ito Hirobumi. Names are given in the Japanese order (family name first). Name Took Office Left Office Party (Click link for more info and facts about Ito Hirobumi) Ito Hirobumi 22 December 1885 30 April 1888 None (Click link for more info and facts about Kuroda Kiyotaka) Kuroda Kiyotaka 30 April 1888 24 December 1889 None (Click link for more info and facts about Yamagata Aritomo) Yamagata Aritomo 24 December 1889 6 May 1891 None (Click link for more info and facts about Matsukata Masayoshi) Matsukata Masayoshi 6 May 1891 8 August 1892 None (Click link for more info and facts about Ito Hirobumi) Ito Hirobumi , 2nd time 8 August 1892 18 September 1896 None (Click link for more info and facts about Matsukata Masayoshi) Matsukata Masayoshi , 2nd time 18 September 1896 12 January 1898 None (Click link for more info and facts about Ito Hirobumi) Ito Hirobumi , 3rd time 12 January 1898 30 June 1898 None (Click link for more info and facts about Okuma Shigenobu) Okuma Shigenobu 30 June 1898 8 November 1898 Constitutional (Kenseito) (Click link for more info and facts about Yamagata Aritomo)

33. Eisaku Sato - Definition Of Eisaku Sato In Encyclopedia Sato negotiated with US president Richard M. Nixon for the repatriation ofOkinawa.Eisaku Sato (; sato eisaku March 27,1901–June 3,1975) was a http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Eisaku_Sato

Add to Favorites General Encyclopedia Legal ... Law forum Search Word: Visit our Law forums Labor Law Accidents Law Bankruptcy Law Business Law ... Tax Law Sato negotiated with U.S. president Richard M. Nixon for the repatriation of Okinawa March 27 June 3 ) was a Japanese politician and the 61st, 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan , elected on November 9 , and re-elected on February 17 and January 14 , serving until July 7 He was born in Tabuse Yamaguchi Prefecture , and studied law at Tokyo Imperial University , becoming a civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. In , he was named vice-minister for transportation. He entered the Diet in as a member of the Liberal Party , and gradually rose through the ranks of Japanese politics, becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary to Yoshida Shigeru , and in , minister of construction. After the Liberal Party merged with the Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party Kishi Nobusuke (his brother) and Hayato Ikeda 1960's he appeared to have single-handed control over the entire Japanese government. He was a popular prime minister due to the growing economy; his foreign policy, which was a balancing act between the interests of the United States and China , was more tenuous. In

34. Tanaka Kakuei@Everything2.com He gained his power by assisting in fundraising for the campaign of prime ministersato eisaku, sato eisaku Prime ministers of Japan - Miki Takeo http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Tanaka Kakuei

35. Okinawa@Everything2.com Finally, in 1965, Prime Minister sato eisaku visited Okinawa and made his firstpublic appeal for its repatriation. The Vietnam War kept the White House http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Okinawa

36. Government It has given the nation seven prime ministers, including Ito Hirobumi, Japan sfirst Prime Minister, and sato eisaku, who was awarded the Nobel Prize. http://www.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/JapaneseSite04/Kohobunka/VideoCatalogue/govern.htm

GOVERNMENT The New Emperor of Japan (1990) 20 minutes, colour, English, VHS Presented is a video documentary of the life of Japan's present reigning monarch, Emperor Akihito. Initially, he is seen giving his first audience, followed by chronological vignettes of his life. The Emperor's three children are introduced. Also shown is the Empress, as a mother and a woman of many accomplishments. Yamaguchi: The Dawn of Japan (1990) 15 minutes, colour, English, VHS, Tape 47 The history of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the tip of Honshu, and the role that it has played in the creation of modern Japan are described. It has given the nation seven prime ministers, including Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first Prime Minister, and Sato Eisaku, who was awarded the Nobel Prize. The history of Yamaguchi prefecture, at the tip of Honshu, and the role that it has played in the creation of modern Japan are described. It has given the nation seven prime ministers, including Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first Prime Minister, and Sato Eisaku, who was awarded the Nobel Prize. Facts about the Islands - The Northern Territories (1992) 35 minutes, colour, English, VHS

37. The Japanese Prime Minister And Public Support Ikeda s successor, sato eisaku, did not enjoy dealing with the media nor did hepersonally promote public support. Instead, Sato hired a journalist as his http://www.iuj.ac.jp/research/wpap012.cfm

[IUJ Research Institute Working Paper] Asia Pacific Series No. 12 The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Support By Tomohito Shinoda Associate Professor International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan Public Opinion Counts The popularity of the prime minister and politicians in general plays an increasingly important role in Japanese politics. Members of both the ruling and opposition parties find it difficult to openly attack a popular prime minister's policies which are strongly supported by the public. On the other hand, ruling party Diet members are reluctant to run their elections under an unpopular party leader. The lack of public support may force an unpopular prime minister out of office. In September 1998, public outcry resulted in the ouster of a newly appointed cabinet minister from his position within two weeks. After his reappointment to the presidency of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for his second term, Prime Minister Hashimoto Ryutaro (premier from 1996-98) took a bold political gamble by naming Sato Koko to the cabinet as head of the Management and Coordination Agency. It was a key position for Hashimoto's top priority issue of administrative reform to streamline Japan's unwieldy bureaucracy. Sato had an appropriate career record to serve the post. He was a veteran ruling party politician who had helped Hashimoto's reform efforts as chairman of LDP's Headquarters Administrative Reform. Sato had the muscle to do the job. He represented the LDP establishment and could exert influence over the bureaucracy which was sure to oppose reform. The public, however, raised the red flag. Sato had a criminal record.

38. Chapter Three - Part One Okinawans were also keen to see if sato eisaku would keep his hondo nami pledge, Prime Minister Eisaku Sato s Statement at Naha International Airport, http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/wildhorse/chap3-1.html

latest archive links contents ... images managing a wild horse with a rotten rope: a contemporary history of okinawa Chapter Three Part One The Tectonics of Reversion and Promoting Identification ( ittaika The profound impact of Okinawa's administrative reversion to Japan in May 1972 should not be retrospectively underestimated. This systemic shift affected every aspect of the economy and society of Okinawa. Any argument holding that a de facto reversion occurred prior to de jure hondo nami In 1951, the GOJ had sacrificed Okinawa under the MTPJ for the good of Japan, without any apparent loss of sleep. The result of the worry, uncertainty, and myriad opinion on reversion exploding in the local media, however, was a remarkable period of creative energy. Ex-governor Ota Masahide wrote at the time, somewhat jestingly, of an ittaika boom As has been detailed, US President Kennedy first hinted at reversion in 1962. Sato expressed his strong desire that, when feasible, Okinawa be restored to Japan. Visiting Okinawa in August 1965, Sato stated "until Okinawa’s reversion to Japan (the Fatherland) takes place the postwar era will not have ended."

39. Secret Agreed Minute - 1969 (Declassified By Wakaizumi Kei) We have Prime Minister sato eisaku s official envoy at the time of reversionnegotiations, Wakaizumi Kei, to thank for revealing its contents. http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/wakai.html

latest archive links contents ... images archive Agreed Minute to Joint Communique of United States President Nixon and Japanese Prime Minister Sato (Draft) 21st November, 1969 United States President: As stated in our Joint Communique, it is the intention of the United States Government to remove all the nuclear weapons from Okinawa by the time of actual reversion of the adminIstrative rights to Japan; and thereafter the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security and its related arrangements will apply to Okinawa, as described in the Joint Communique. However, in order to discharge effectively the international obligations assumed by the United States for the defense of countries in the Far East including Japan, in time of great emergency the United Stales Government will require the re-entry of nuclear weapons and transit rights in Okinawa with prior consultation with the Government of Japan. The United States Government would anticipate a favorable response. The United States Government also requires the standby retention and activation in time of great emergency of existing nuclear storage locations in Okinawa: Kadena, Naha, Henoko and Nike Hercules units. Japanese Prime Minister: The Government of Japan, appreciating the United States Government's requirements in time of great emergency stated above by the President, will meet these requirements without delay when such prior consultation takes place.

40. Senkaku / Diaoyutai Islands On April 9, 1971, the US State Department issued a statement that President Nixonand Japanese Prime Minister sato eisaku had reached an agreement, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/senkaku.htm

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