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...riot in June 1954 injured some 50 persons, forced Liberal Premier Shigeru Yoshida to cancel a long-planned trip to the U.S. and apologize to the Emperor. Survivors of that fight recall the arrival of an opposition leader, Bu-kichi ("Big Badger") Miki, who vehemently objected to Western dress and always wore a kimono. He showed up for the fight dressed in army fatigues and combat boots, explained to colleagues that "you can't kick with a kimono on, you know...
Famed for his allergy to photographers (he once doused one with a glass of water), Japan's irascible ex-Premier Shigeru Yoshida was stalked by a nervous
Nevertheless the article lists ex-Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida among those who fear Reischauer's appointment. It explains that conservatives are worried that his appointment will give aid and comfort to pro-Communist leftwing intellectuals opposed to the United States-Japan security pact...
SQUARE-JAWED Hayato Ikeda, 60, is a hard man with a yen and a free man with his tongue. Back in 1951, as Finance Minister under Premier Shigeru Yoshida, he stirred up a storm by suggesting that if peasants could not afford rice under his austerity program, "then let them eat barley." A year later, while waging war on the black market, he lost his post as Trade Minister for remarking that "if black marketeers are driven to suicide by my methods, it can't be helped...
...government was headed by the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, whose daughter was married to a cousin of Kishi's. The Secretary-General of the Cabinet was Kishi's own brother, Eisaku Sato. Prospects seemed inviting, but there was nothing Kishi could do until he was "de-purged" in 1952. He spent the time working at his industrial jobs and in profitably cultivating his wide acquaintance among businessmen...