SATO, EISAKU


Meaning of SATO, EISAKU in English

born March 1, 1901, Tabuse, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

died June 3, 1975, Tokyo

Prime minister of Japan (1964–72) who presided over Japan's post-World War II reemergence as a major world power.

For his policies on nuclear weapons, which led to Japan signing the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, he shared the 1974 Nobel Prize for Peace. As prime minister Sat 014D; improved relations with other Asian countries and oversaw the return of the Ryukyu Islands from U.S. to Japanese jurisdiction.

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