"Sato is liked by business executives," observed a Tokyo industrialist. "Kono is liked by barbers and taxi drivers." Both men Eisaku Sato, 63, and Ichiro Kono, 66 are even more warmly admired by rival factions of the ruling Conservative-Liberal Party. Last week they became hot rivals in a power struggle for the premiership of Japan. Their opportunity came when Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, who has been hospitalized for eight weeks with a throat tumor, handed in his resignation.
"Three Pillars." Ikeda will be missed.
At home he had dealt pliably and efficiently with the recalcitrant Socialist opposition, promoted an...
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