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Eisaku Sato (佐藤榮作; Sato Eisaku March 27, 1901– June 3, 1975) was a Japanese politician and the 61st, 62nd and 63rd Prime Minister of Japan, elected on November 9, 1964, and re-elected on February 17, 1967 and January 14, 1970, serving until July 7July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. Events 1456 Joan of Arc is acquitted of heresy (but she had already been executed). 1534 European colonization of the Americas: First known excha, 19721972 is a leap year starting on Saturday (click link for calendar). Events January events January 2 the Pierre Hotel Heist Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 President of the Un.

He was born in TabuseTabuse (; -cho) is a town located in Kumage District, Yamaguchi, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 16,354 and a density of 324. 81 persons per km². The total area is 50., Yamaguchi PrefectureYamaguchi prefecture ( Yamaguchi prefectual symbol Capital Yamaguchi Region: Chugoku Island: Honshu Area Total % water Ranked 22nd 6,110. 6% Population Total ( Jan. 1, 2003) Density Ranked 25th 1,516,693 248/km² Districts:11 Municipalities:56 ISO 3166-2:J, and studied lawThis article is about law in society. For other possible meanings, see law (disambiguation). Law (a loanword from Danish-Norwegian lov , in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules of conduct which mandate or proscribe (or both) specified relationshi at Tokyo Imperial UniversityThe University of Tokyo (; Tokyo Daigaku abbreviated as Todai is generally ranked as Japan's most prestigious university. The University has five campuses in Hongo, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano and 10 faculties with a total of around 28,000 stude, becoming a civil servant in the Ministry of Railways. In 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital, he was named vice-minister for transportation.

He entered the Diet in 1949 as a member of the Liberal Party, and gradually rose through the ranks of Japanese politics, becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary to Yoshida Shigeru, and in 1952, minister of construction. After the Liberal Party merged with the Democratic Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party, Sato became Minister of Finance in the governments of Kishi Nobusuke (his brother) and Hayato Ikeda.

Sato succeeded Ikeda after the latter resigned due to ill health. His government was one of the longest-lived in Japanese history, and by the late 1960's he appeared to have single-handed control over the entire Japanese government. 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. In 1969, Sato struck a deal with U.S. president Richard Nixon to repatriate Okinawa and remove its nuclear weaponry: this deal was controversial because it allowed the U.S. forces in Japan to maintain bases in Okinawa after repatriation.

After three terms as prime minister, Sato decided not to run for a fourth. His heir apparent, Fukuda Takeo, won the Sato faction's support in the subsequent Diet elections, but the more popular MITI minister, Kakuei Tanaka, won the vote, ending the Sato faction's dominance.

Sato shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Seán MacBride in 1974, in recognition of Japan's entry into the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He died in Tokyo the following year.

He married Hiroko in 1926 and had two children, Ryutaro and Shinji .