Word: katayama
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Premier's Cabinet, like that of outgoing Premier Tetsu Katayama ("TIME, Feb. 23), would be formed from a shaky coalition of Democrats, Socialists and the small People's Cooperative Party. The prospects for Ashida were not encouraging, but the 60-year-old former diplomat throught he could succeed where Katayama had failed. Said he: "I will do my utmost...
...then, had Katayama's cabinet fallen? The answer lay deep in the tangled skein of postwar Japanese politics, in Katayama's own lackluster leadership, and in shifting U.S. occupation policy...
Last spring, Social Democrat Katayama had traded away most of his socialist principles to win the support of conservatives for his coalition. However, Shigeru Yoshida, ultra-conservative Liberal party leader, pulled out. Hitoshi Ashida, head of the conservative Democrats, gave only grudging cooperation, pushed easygoing Katayama along an economic path more conservative than socialist. Within his own party, Katayama steadily lost support...
...sight, SCAP officials began to do some hardheaded thinking. Japan's mired economy, which would sink into complete bankruptcy if it were not for American food and raw materials, had to be headed on a new road leading toward economic self-sufficiency. SCAP wanted a balanced budget, which Katayama had not been able to achieve. Heavier taxes, higher government commodity prices would be necessary. Social Democrats boggled. The crisis came at a party convention last month. Left-wingers voted against continued support of the coalition. Katayama, realizing that his job was ending, let out a sigh: "All I want...
Last week, as weary Katayama headed for his summer home at Katase and sleep, conservative-minded Yoshida and Ashida kept a bright eye on the Diet, which would elect the new Prime Minister. Each thought he might be just...