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Propped up in bed in a Tokyo hospital, retiring Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, recovering from a throat tumor, took up writing brush and rice paper. At the plea of his hopelessly deadlocked party, he stroked off a note choosing his own successor. Two hours later, Eisako Sato, 63, the dynamo of five former Cabinets, became the tenth Prime Minister of postwar Japan-and, all but inevitably, a man destined to guide his nation along a new course, for, after 19 years of penance, Asia's only fully industrialized country seems about to reclaim its place as a world power...
Fortunately, no man is better prepared to create the atmosphere-and provide the leadership-than the new Premier. A career bureaucrat, Sato was one of the chief architects of Japan's miraculous industrial expansion. In the important ministry of trade and commerce he became one of the foremost exponents of Japan's increased international involvement. Although his rival for the premiership, Ichiro Kono, won worldwide acclaim as the top organizer most responsible for the success of the Tokyo Olympics, Sato really had the inside track. He has been Ikeda's heir apparent for more than four years...
...rivals for the premiership, cool, conservative Eisaku Sato is the stronger. A career bureaucrat, he is backed by his brother, ex-Premier Nobusuke Kishi (who changed his last name when he was adopted into the samurai family of his wife), as well as by another influential ex-Premier, Shigeru Yoshida; Sato served effectively in both their administrations. A candidate for party president in the Conservative-Liberal elections last July, Sato lost by only ten votes to Ikeda, who had appointed him to the key Ministry of Trade and Commerce. Sato subscribes to Ikeda's policies, although he favors...
Elders' Choice. Ichiro Kono is Sato's antithesis and longtime personal...
...Sato and Kono are deadlocked, the most likely compromise candidate will be Aiichiro Fujiyama, 67, a sugar millionaire who was Foreign Minister in Kishi's Cabinet but does not now hold a portfolio under Ikeda. However, the last thing the Conservative-Liberals want is an eye-gouging, knee-in-groin political battle. At a party caucus last week, they voted to leave the choice of Premier up to two respected party elders rather than risk an open election. If they and the top contenders heed Ikeda's wishes, the decision will be made soon. Asking the party...