Hayato Ikeda

A key architect of Japan's economic miracle, Hayato Ikeda adopted a posture of "tolerance and patience" to defuse post-Anpo political tensions. Launching his famous 1960 "Income Doubling Plan," he shifted the national focus toward economic growth, massive infrastructure investments, and industrial support. His policies propelled Japan to become the world's second-largest economy, culminating in the successful 1964 Tokyo Olympics that symbolized post-war national prosperity.

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Year	Hayato Ikeda
1899	Birth of Hayato Ikeda (Period: December 3, 1899, Location: Yoshina Village, Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture (present-day Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture))
1920	Enrolling in and graduating from the Faculty of Law, Kyoto Imperial University (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 20 years old, Period: Early 1920s–1924, Location: Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture)
1925	Entry into the Ministry of Finance (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1925, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1927	First marriage (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1927, Location: Uncertain) Marriage (Hayato Ikeda, Naoko Hirasawa, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1927, Location: Uncertain)
1929	Leave of absence and resignation due to severe skin disease (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1929–1931, Location: Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture; Takehara City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
1932	Remarriage to Michie Onuki (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1932 and after, Location: Uncertain) Marriage (Hayato Ikeda, Michie Onuki, Age: 32 years old, Period: After 1932 (exact date unknown), Location: Uncertain)
1934	Reinstatement into the Ministry of Finance (Age: 34 years old, Period: December 1934, Location: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture)
1939	World War II (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1945	Appointment as Director-General of the Tax Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 45 years old, Period: 1945, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1947	Appointment as Administrative Vice-Minister of Finance (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 47 years old, Period: February 1947, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1949	Implementation of the Dodge Line (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1949, Location: Japan) Appointment as Minister of Finance in the Third Yoshida Cabinet (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 49 years old, Period: February 1949–October 1952, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1950	The "Let the poor eat barley" controversy (Age: 50 years old, Period: December 1950, Location: National Diet, Tokyo)
1951	Participation in the San Francisco Peace Conference (Age: 51 years old, Period: September 1951, Location: San Francisco, United States)
1952	Appointment as and resignation from Minister of International Trade and Industry (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 52 years old, Period: October–November 1952, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Gaffe regarding small and medium-sized enterprises (Age: 52 years old, Period: November 1952, Location: National Diet, Tokyo)
1954	Shipbuilding scandal (Age: 54 years old, Period: 1954, Location: Japan, nationwide centering around Tokyo) Appointment as Secretary-General of the Liberal Party (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 54 years old, Period: 1954, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1956	Appointment as Minister of Finance in the Ishibashi Cabinet (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 56 years old, Period: December 1956–February 1957, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1957	Appointment to cabinet positions in the Kishi Cabinet (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 57 years old, Period: 1957–1960, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1959	Miike Struggle (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1959–1960, Location: Miike Coal Mine, Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture)
1960	Subsidience of political confrontation under the Ikeda Cabinet (Age: 60 years old, Period: 1960–1964, Location: Japan) Assumption of office as President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 60 years old, Period: July 14, 1960, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Assumption of office as Prime Minister (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 60 years old, Period: July 19, 1960, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Announcement of the Income Doubling Plan (Age: 60 years old, Period: December 1960, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1964	Resignation as prime minister due to laryngeal cancer (Age: 64 years old, Period: September–November 1964, Location: National Cancer Center, Tokyo) Hosting of the Tokyo Olympics (Age: 64 years old, Period: October 10–24, 1964, Location: Japan, nationwide centering around Tokyo) Resignation as prime minister and nomination of Eisaku Sato as successor (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 64 years old, Period: October 25–November 9, 1964, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1965	Death of Hayato Ikeda (Age: 65 years old, Period: August 13, 1965, Location: Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo (The University of Tokyo Hospital)) Passing (Hayato Ikeda, Age: 65 years old, Period: August 13, 1965, Location: The University of Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo)

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Founding of the PRC	Deng Xiaoping Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Lin Biao Liu Shaoqi Zhu De Chen Yun Jiang Qing Hua Guofeng Ye Jianying Wang Hongwen Zhang Chunqiao
Nation-building in Taiwan	Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Ching-kuo Chen Cheng Yen Chia-kan Lee Teng-hui Sun Li-jen Koo Chen-fu James Soong (Soong Chu-yu) Kang Ning-hsiang Shih Ming-teh
State-building in South Korea	Syngman Rhee Park Chung-hee Chun Doo-hwan Roh Tae-woo Kim Young-sam Kim Dae-jung Chang Myon Kim Jong-pil Lee Byung-chul Chung Ju-yung Kim Jae-gyu
Post-war Reconstruction of Japan	Shigeru Yoshida Ichiro Hatoyama Nobusuke Kishi Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Sato Kakuei Tanaka Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ohira Yasuhiro Nakasone Takeo Miki

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