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...closely identified with Sato that political oddsmakers give him only about a 50-50 chance to succeed him as premier. So far, he has three contenders to face: Minister of International Trade and Industry Kakuei Tanaka, 53, a tough, brilliant self-made man, and two former foreign ministers, Takeo Miki, 64, who favors closer relations with Peking, and Masayoshi Ohira, 61, who has solid business support. Whoever wins will have a rocky time...
...Japan to co-sponsor its resolution. Two weeks ago, however, the Japanese told Washington that they were having second thoughts, even though they still planned to vote for the resolution. In a sharp exchange during two days of meetings in Washington, Secretary Rogers declared to Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda: "I see your position as totally illogical." Replied Fukuda: "Politics has its own logic." Premier Eisaku Sato's government was stunned by the announcement of Nixon's trip to Peking and by his economic policy, and those twin shocks have served to reinforce the arguments of Sato...
...America's major postwar allies (notably Britain and France) have backed away from supporting the U.S. resolution, and Japan, so far, has been reluctant to serve as its cosponsor, even though Japan will probably vote for it. Following discussions last week on the subject with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, Secretary of State William Rogers warned that a lack of Japanese co-sponsorship would "have a detrimental effect on the prospects for success" of the U.S. effort...
...both sides were quite firm and explicit in restating the chasmal disagreements between the two nations. Rogers, speaking "directly and candidly," demanded a substantial revaluation upward of the yen, elimination of Japanese restrictions on U.S. imports and a "dramatic" increase in Japanese aid to developing countries. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, who is a leading candidate to replace 70-year-old Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, was prepared to make one concession. He announced that Japan will remove import quotas on several U.S. products, including soybeans, light aircraft and air conditioners. But he was adamant in rebuffing demands that...
...built his remarkable four-term career on that relationship, had expected to step down triumphantly next spring at 70, after the return of Okinawa from U.S. to Japanese rule. Now he may speed up the search for a successor and retire this fall. The most likely contenders: Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, 66, who now finds himself handicapped by an overly close identification with Sato's policies, and Minister of International Trade and Industry Kakuei Tanaka, 53, a blunt-spoken self-made man who has strong party support even though he is regarded as somewhat "unpredictable" in Japanese financial circles...