Masayoshi Ohira

A respected policy intellect, Masayoshi Ohira played a critical role in negotiating the 1972 normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. As Prime Minister, he proposed forward-looking national visions such as the "Garden City Concept" and the "Pacific Rim Cooperation Concept." He skillfully navigated the second oil crisis through international cooperation and summit diplomacy, establishing lasting foundations for regional engagement and economic coordination.

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Year	Masayoshi Ohira
1910	Birth of Masayoshi Ohira (Period: March 12, 1910, Location: Wada Village, Mitoyo District, Kagawa Prefecture (present-day Wada, Toyohama Town, Kanonji City, Kagawa Prefecture))
1920	Enrollment in Takamatsu Higher Commercial School (Age: 9 years old, Period: Late 1920s, Location: Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture)
1933	Enrollment in Tokyo University of Commerce (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1933, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1937	Service as a Ministry of Finance bureaucrat during wartime (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1937–1945, Location: Japan) Marriage (Masayoshi Ohira, Shigeko Ohira, Age: 26 years old, Period: 1937, Location: Uncertain)
1939	World War II (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1949	Appointment as secretary to Hayato Ikeda (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1949–1952, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1957	Formation of Kochikai (Age: 46 years old, Period: 1957, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1960	Appointment as Chief Cabinet Secretary (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 50 years old, Period: July 1960–July 1962, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1962	Involvement in negotiations for the normalization of Japan-South Korea diplomatic relations (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1962–1965, Location: Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea) Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 52 years old, Period: July 1962–July 1964, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1964	Inheritance of the Ikeda faction leadership (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 53 years old, Period: 1964, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1968	Appointment as Minister of International Trade and Industry (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 58 years old, Period: November 1968–January 1970, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1972	The Kaku-Fuku War surrounding the 1972 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election (Age: 61 years old, Period: 1972–1978, Location: Japan, within the Liberal Democratic Party centering around Tokyo) Reappointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations (Age: 62 years old, Period: July 1972–July 1974, Location: Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China)
1974	Appointment as Minister of Finance (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 64 years old, Period: July 1974–December 1976, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1978	Victory in the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election (Age: 68 years old, Period: December 1978, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Assumption of office as the 68th Prime Minister (Masayoshi Ohira, Age: 68 years old, Period: December 7, 1978, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1979	Hosting of the Tokyo Summit (Age: 69 years old, Period: June 28–29, 1979, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) LDP defeat in the 1979 House of Representatives general election (Age: 69 years old, Period: October 7, 1979, Location: Nationwide Japan) Reappointment as the 69th Prime Minister (Age: 69 years old, Period: November 9, 1979, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1980	No-confidence motion against the Ohira Cabinet (Age: 70 years old, Period: May 16, 1980, Location: National Diet (House of Representatives), Tokyo) Passing of the no-confidence motion and dissolution of the House of Representatives (Age: 70 years old, Period: May 16, 1980, Location: National Diet, Tokyo) Death of Masayoshi Ohira (Age: 70 years old, Period: June 12, 1980 (Died at age 70), Location: Minato Ward, Tokyo (Toranomon Hospital)) Sudden passing during the election campaign (Age: 70 years old, Period: June 12, 1980, Location: Toranomon Hospital, Minato Ward, Tokyo)

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Group	List
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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