Politician. Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese bureaucrat and later politician, who served as the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Ministers of Japan for successive terms from July 19, 1960 to November 9, 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double Japan's GDP in ten years. Ikeda is also known for repairing U.S.-Japan relations and Japanese domestic political rifts after the contentious 1960 Anpo Protests, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Politician. Hayato Ikeda was a Japanese bureaucrat and later politician, who served as the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Ministers of Japan for successive terms from July 19, 1960 to November 9, 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double Japan's GDP in ten years. Ikeda is also known for repairing U.S.-Japan relations and Japanese domestic political rifts after the contentious 1960 Anpo Protests, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
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