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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. President Change Press Conference.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. President & CEO Change Press Conference. Photo shows (from left) Eisaku Ito, President and CEO, CTO and CoCSO, and Seiji Izumisawa, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, shaking hands.=December 18,2024,Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. President Change Press Conference.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. President & CEO Change Press Conference. Photo shows (from left) Eisaku Ito, President and CEO, CTO and CoCSO, and Kiyotsugu Izumisawa, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, answering questions.=December 18,2024,Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. President Change Press Conference.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The photo shows Eisaku Ito, President and CEO, CTO and CoCSO.=December 18,2024,Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

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Sato, Nixon talk in Washington in 1969

TOKYO, Japan - This Nov. 19, 1969 file photo shows then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon meeting at the White House. Sato's son said Dec. 22, 2009 that a document signed by Sato and Nixon on a secret bilateral security pact has been preserved.

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Fukushima prefectural office raided in bribery probe

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prosecutors on Oct. 24 searched the Fukushima prefectural government building (in photo), along with the home of former Gov. Eisaku Sato, who was arrested the previous day on suspicion of receiving bribes for a dam construction project.

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Fukushima governor to resign following brother's arrest

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato speaks at a news conference at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on Sept. 27 about his resignation following the arrest of his brother and a former senior prefectural official over a bid-rigging scandal involving a public works contract.

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Nagoya couple marry at Chubu airport

TOKONAME, Japan - A Nagoya couple, Eisaku Oyama (L), 35, and Eriko Shioya, 27, pose for photos before their wedding ceremony held in the lounge at the newly opened Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on March 5.

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Fukushima scraps 'pluthermal' project plan over scandal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato (standing) addresses a prefectural assembly session in Fukushima on Sept 26. He said he has withdrawn his approval of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) ''pluthermal'' power-generation project in the prefecture because of the power company's cover-up of nuclear reactor faults.

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Nobusuke Kishi

Born Nov. 13, 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture and deceased on Aug. 7, 1987. Kishi was a bureaucrat-turned politician who served as prime minister between 1957 and 1960. As a member of the cabinet of Hideki Tojo from 1941 to 1944, Kishi was in charge of Japan's economic mobilization in the war against the U.S. Though imprisoned by the occupation authorities as a class-A war criminal, he was released in 1948. As prime minister, Kishi signed the revised Japan-U.S. Security Treaty in 1960. Kishi had great influence in Japan's conservative political community until he died at the age of 90. His younger brother Eisaku Sato also served as prime minister. (Photo was taken on Dec. 23, 1964)

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Eisaku Sato

Born on March 27, 1901 and died on June 3, 1975. Sato, who was a bureaucrat-turned politician, served as prime minister from Nov. 9, 1964 to July 6, 1972, setting the record for the longest continuous tenure in Japan. Sato won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974 due partly to his three nonnuclear principles -- not manufacturing, not possessing and not introducing nuclear weapons. His diplomatic achievements include the 1965 normalization of relations with South Korea and the 1972 reversion of Okinawa from the U.S. to Japan. (Photo was taken on Oct. 9, 1974)

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Historian says Japan's Sato was Nobel committee's worst choice

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974. He was described as the worst selection made by the award committee by Oivind Stenersen, a principal author of an official Nobel Peace Prize history. Sato served as Japan's prime minister from 1964 to 1972. He died in 1975 at the age of 74.

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Three brokerages announce merger

Taiheiyo Securities Co. Chairman Junichi Yoshino (L), Universal Securities Co. President Hirokuni Munechika (C), and Towa Securities Co. President Eisaku Tokuhiro (R) shake hands after announcing the three brokerages will merge next April to become Japan's seventh largest securities house.

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Ex-PM Shigeru Yoshida's state funeral

Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato delivers a eulogy at former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's state funeral in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Oct. 31, 1967.

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Nagoya couple marry at Chubu airport

TOKONAME, Japan - A Nagoya couple, Eisaku Oyama (L), 35, and Eriko Shioya, 27, pose for photos before their wedding ceremony held in the lounge at the newly opened Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on March 5. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima governor to resign following brother's arrest

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato speaks at a news conference at the Fukushima prefectural government office in Fukushima on Sept. 27 about his resignation following the arrest of his brother and a former senior prefectural official over a bid-rigging scandal involving a public works contract. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Fukushima Gov. Sato pleads not guilty to bribery charges

TOKYO, Japan - Former Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato and his younger brother Yuji (center back) arrive at the Tokyo District Court on June 21. They pleaded not guilty to charges of taking 170 million yen in bribes from a construction contractor in connection with a public works project financed by the prefectural government. (Kyodo)

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Johnson pressed Sato to pay money to fight communists in S.E. As

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) is in talks with U.S. President Lyndon Johnson in a photo taken at the White House in Nove,ber 1967. When the United States was bogged down in the Vietnam War in 1967, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson pressed Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to contribute $500 million to the Asian Development Bank to help stabilize Southeast Asian countries economically and to block communists from eventually gaining strength there, according to Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on Aug. 30. (Kyodo)

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Three brokerages announce merger

Taiheiyo Securities Co. Chairman Junichi Yoshino (L), Universal Securities Co. President Hirokuni Munechika (C), and Towa Securities Co. President Eisaku Tokuhiro (R) shake hands after announcing the three brokerages will merge next April to become Japan's seventh largest securities house.

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Fukushima scraps 'pluthermal' project plan over scandal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Eisaku Sato (standing) addresses a prefectural assembly session in Fukushima on Sept 26. He said he has withdrawn his approval of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) ''pluthermal'' power-generation project in the prefecture because of the power company's cover-up of nuclear reactor faults. (Kyodo)

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IN PROFILE:PRIME MINISTER EISAKU SATO

JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS,Eisaku Sato,==Date:circa 1967, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan Screen Topics JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS

JAPAN CHANGES PILOTS,Kakuei Tanaka,Eisaku Sato,==Date:circa 1972, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND

RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND==Date:May, 1972, Place:Okinawa,Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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CHERRY BLOSSOM DIPLOMACY

CHERRY BLOSSOM Diplomacy==Date:April, 1972, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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DIPLOMATIC CHERRY BLOSSOM PARTY

DIPLOMATIC CHERRY BLOSSOM PARTY==Date:April, 1971, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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JAPAN DAY AT EXPO'70

JAPAN DAY AT EXPO'70==Date:July, 1970, Place:Osaka,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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SATO-NIXON TALKS SUCCESSFUL

SATO-NIXON TALKS SUCCESSFUL==Date:Nov, 1969, Place:Okinawa,JAPAN, WHITEHOUSE, Washington, DC,U.S. (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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GENERAL ELECTION

GENERAL ELECTION==Date:Dec, 1969, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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MISS INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT

MISS INTERNATIONAL PAGEANT==Date:Oct, 1968, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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BONIN ISLANDS RETURN TO JAPAN

BONIN ISLANDS RETURN TO JAPAN==Date:July, 1968, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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DEFENCE FORCES PARADE

DEFENCE FORCES PARADE==Date:Nov, 1966, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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CHILDREN'S DAY

CHILDREN'S DAY ==Date:May, 1965, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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GARDEN PARTIES WELLCOME SPRING

GARDEN PARTIES WELLCOME SPRING==Date:April, 1965, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO TOMONAGA IN JAPAN

NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO TOMONAGA IN JAPAN==Date:Jan, 1966, Place:Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Prosperity

A general compilation of the year 1967. The seats in the House of Representatives remain unchanged after the dissolution of the Black Fog, and distrust of politics increases the strain on society. An old man's suicide note, the state funeral of former Prime Minister Yoshida, the Osaka Detention Center, boxing, wads of cash, date of shooting unknown, release date: December 22, 1967.

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Around Prime Minister Sato's Visit to the U.S.

Demonstration by the All-Japan Federation of Student Associations against the U.S. visit. An elderly man burns himself to death in protest against the prime minister over Okinawa. <Caption> A delegation led by Taiho Yamakawa, President of the Ryukyu Legislative Yuan, disembarks from an airplane; a delegation goes to Ginza to appeal for reversion to the motherland; people sign a petition; a 73-year-old man burns himself to death after leaving a letter of protest addressed to the prime minister; 7,000 police officers are mobilized around Haneda Airport; protesters throw stones to resist;Eisaku Sato departs for the U.S. Prime Minister , Date of shooting unknown, Release date: July 24, 1967.

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New Sato cabinet begins

Mr. Goro Hashimoto is appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary. Palace Hotel where the issue of the successor to the Liberal Democratic Party president is discussed, the 47th extraordinary Diet session, Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's press conference, shooting date unknown, release date: July 24, 1964.

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New President, Kakuei Tanaka.

Kakuei Tanaka, a young 54-year-old president, is born. The 27th extraordinary party convention of the Liberal Democratic Party was held at Hibiya Public Hall, Eisaku Sato's retirement speech, the official election of the president, the decisive vote between Kakuei Tanaka and Takeo Fukuda, Kakuei Tanaka's speech as the new president, Kakuei Tanaka singing the Hail Mary, date of shooting unknown, release date: July 7, 1972..

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a one-day cabinet meeting, also appeals to Okinawa

The annual Public Hearing on National Government (One Day Cabinet) was held in the southern city of Miyazaki. The representatives of each prefecture presented their opinions, but the government's answers were conventional. A one-day cabinet meeting held in Miyazaki City, demonstrators opposing the government, etc., date of shooting unknown, release date: October 15, 1971.

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With the Return to the Motherland in Mind

Chobyo Yara, the new head of the Ryukyu government, visited Prime Minister Eisaku Sato at the Prime Minister's Office and made a strong appeal for the immediate return of Okinawa to Japan. The next day, he greeted Governor Minobe on his election and began his energetic activities as the first innovative leader. Mr. Yara visits Prime Minister Sato and talks with Governor Minobe, Date of shooting unknown, Release date: December 13, 1968.

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signs agreement to return Okinawa to Japan

On June 17, the signing ceremony for the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, which will return Okinawa from U.S. rule to Japanese control, was held simultaneously in Tokyo and Washington via space-borne television. The signing ceremony was held simultaneously in Tokyo and Washington, D.C. on June 17 via space-based television. The signing of the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Foreign Minister Aichi and Ambassador Meier signing the agreement, Prime Minister Sato smiling after the signing, Prime Minister Sato making a speech, demonstrators opposing the agreement, date of shooting unknown, release date: June 25, 1971.

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History in 1964

Yellow blood the Niigata earthquake the stamp boom the marriage of Prince Yoshimiya the Olympic Games and the recessionary wind that blew around. <Caption> Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda blood sales Niigata earthquake tilted houses and buildings stamp boom young people dancing at a disco wedding of Prince Yoshi Hanako Tsugaru Olympics Tokaido Shinkansen opens torch opening ceremony at a Greek temple weightlifting Miyake Wrestling: Rapid Progress 100-meter run Marathon: Abebe Men's gymnastics Judo Recession Bankruptcy of small and medium-sized companies Prime Minister Eisaku Sato *Filming date unknown Release date: 1964

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(1)Nobusuke Kishi

TOKYO, Japan - Nobusuke Kishi (L) takes a smoke at the official residence of his brother Eisaku Sato, the chief cabinet secretary, after he was released from Sugamo Prison. The photo was taken in December 1948. (Kyodo)

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Lee Kuan Yew, founder of modern Singapore, dies at 91

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (L) chats with Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato during his visit to Japan in this file photo taken in March 1967. Lee, Singapore's first and longest-serving prime minister, died March 23, 2015, the prime minister's office said. He was 91. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Sato talks with U.S. President Nixon in 1969

Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (L) and U.S. President Richard Nixon hold talks at the White House in Washington in November 1969. They reached an agreement on the reversion of the then U.S.-administered Okinawa to Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1972 Okinawa return - Sato Prime Minister retreat -

Prime Minister Eisaku Sato meets with U.S. President Richard Nixon and returns to Japan. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato waves from the ramp of an airplane, welcomed by government officials, remarks by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, Hail Mary, helicopter ride, Long live Sato-san ad balloon, Bepairen rally, Prime Minister Sato speaks at a LDP rally, Kakuei Tanaka, date of shooting unknown, release date: 1969, Date of release: November 26, 1969. .

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Okinawa in distress

Twenty years after the war, Okinawa is under U.S. control. Residents feel uneasy due to the Vietnam conflict. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato visits Okinawa for the first time as prime minister. Demonstration to petition for reversion to the motherland. Prime Minister Sato visits various places in Okinawa, including the U.S. base in Okinawa, Prime Minister Sato visiting Okinawa, Prime Minister Sato arriving at Naha Airport, Prime Minister Sato visiting Himeyuri Tower, and demonstrations on Miyakojima Island, etc. Date of shooting unknown, release date: August 27, 1965, Date of release: August 27, 1965.