Eisaku Satō

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Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, known for his leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth and his role in the return of Okinawa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
Nobel Peace Prize laureate
human
prime minister of Japan
awardReceived Nobel Peace Prize
Order of Culture
Order of the Chrysanthemum
brother Nobusuke Kishi
burialPlace Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
causeOfDeath liver failure
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1901-03-27
dateOfDeath 1975-06-03
educatedAt University of Tokyo
surface form: "Tokyo Imperial University"
era postwar Japan
familyName Satō
fieldOfStudy law
formulatedPolicy Three Non-Nuclear Principles of Japan
givenName Eisaku
knownFor leadership during Japan’s postwar economic growth
role in the reversion of Okinawa to Japan
languageSpoken Japanese
memberOf House of Representatives of Japan
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Democratic Party
surface form: "Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)"
monarchDuringTerm Emperor Hirohito
surface form: "Emperor Shōwa"
name Eisaku Satō
nativeName Eisaku Satō
surface form: "佐藤栄作"
NobelPeacePrizeYear 1974
notableAchievement oversaw Japan’s high economic growth in the 1960s
promoted Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles
notableWork negotiation of the return of Okinawa to Japan
numberOfChildren 2
occupation civil servant
politician
placeOfBirth Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
placeOfDeath Tokyo
surface form: "Tokyo, Japan"
positionHeld Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan
Minister of Finance of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
precededBy Hayato Ikeda
primeMinisterEnd 1972-07-07
primeMinisterStart 1964-11-09
reasonForAward efforts to promote nuclear disarmament and peace in Asia
religion Buddhism
sexOrGender male
sharedNobelPeacePrizeWith Seán MacBride
spouse Hiroko Satō
succeededBy Kakuei Tanaka

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eisaku hasNotableBearer Eisaku Satō
Eisaku Satō name Eisaku Satō
Eisaku Satō nativeName Eisaku Satō
this entity surface form: "佐藤栄作"
Kakuei Tanaka precededBy Eisaku Satō
Nobusuke Kishi relative Eisaku Satō
this entity surface form: "Eisaku Sato"
Hayato Ikeda replacedBy Eisaku Satō
Nobusuke Kishi sibling Eisaku Satō
this entity surface form: "Eisaku Sato"

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