Eisaku sato biography of nancy grace

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He is the third longest-serving Japanese prime minister, and is ranked second by longest uninterrupted service. After the war, he entered the National Diet in as a member of the Liberal Party , and served in a series of cabinet positions under Shigeru Yoshida , including posts and telecommunications minister from to , construction minister from to , and chief cabinet secretary from to He had the support of Japanese business and finance, and presided over a period of rapid economic growth.

In foreign policy, he oversaw the normalization of diplomatic relations with South Korea and maintained close relations with the United States, allowing the U. His father had worked in the Yamaguchi Prefectural Office, but quit in , and started a sake brewing business in Kishida, Tabuse. The family had a history in sake brewing and had held the right for sake brewing for generations.

Upon graduation the following year, he became a civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. Sato gradually rose through the ranks of Japanese politics, becoming chief cabinet secretary to then prime minister Shigeru Yoshida from January to July He later served as minister of construction from October to February As minister of finance, Sato requested the US to fund conservatives.

He was a popular prime minister due to the growing economy; his foreign policy, which was a balancing act between the interests of the United States and China, was more tenuous, and his grip on domestic politics was challenged by growing opposition to his administration's support for the American military operations in Vietnam. He visited Taipei in September Relations with Japan had previously not been officially established since Korea's decolonization and division at the end of World War II.

In , he was also the first Japanese prime minister to visit Singapore. He was largely supportive of the South Vietnamese government throughout the Vietnam War.