Takeo Fukuda

A seasoned financial policymaker, Takeo Fukuda guided Japan through the structural economic adjustments following the 1970s oil crises. As Prime Minister, he signed the 1978 Treaty of Peace and Friendship with China and formulated the "Fukuda Doctrine." This vision established equal, heart-to-heart partnerships with ASEAN nations, significantly elevating Japan's diplomatic leadership, regional integration, and economic cooperation across East and Southeast Asia.

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Year	Takeo Fukuda
1905	Birth of Takeo Fukuda (Period: January 14, 1905, Location: Asakado-machi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture (formerly Oaza Asakado, Kaneko Town, Gunma District)) Birth (Period: January 14, 1905, Location: Adachimoto-machi, Oaza, Kaneko-machi, Gunma District, Gunma Prefecture (present-day Ashikado-machi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture))
1929	Graduation from the Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1929, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Entry into the Ministry of Finance (Age: 24 years old, Period: April 1929, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1930	Service in London (Age: 24 years old, Period: Early 1930s, Location: London, United Kingdom)
1939	World War II (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1939–1945, Location: Iran)
1947	Appointment as Director-General of the Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1947, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1948	Showa Denko Scandal (Age: 42 years old, Period: Around 1948–1950, Location: Within Japan centering around Tokyo)
1950	Retirement from the Ministry of Finance (Age: 45 years old, Period: November 1950, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1952	First election to the House of Representatives (Age: 47 years old, Period: October 1952, Location: Gunma Prefecture)
1955	Participation in the establishment of the Liberal Democratic Party (Age: 50 years old, Period: November 1955, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1958	Appointment as Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the LDP (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 52 years old, Period: 1958, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1959	Appointment as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 53 years old, Period: 1959, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Appointment as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 54 years old, Period: June 1959–July 1960, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1962	Formation of the Fukuda faction (Age: 56 years old, Period: Around 1962, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1965	Appointment as Minister of Finance (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 60 years old, Period: June 1965–December 1966, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1972	1972 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election (Age: 67 years old, Period: July 1972, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1973	Reappointment as Minister of Finance (Age: 68 years old, Period: November 1973–November 1974, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1974	Appointment as Deputy Prime Minister and Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 69 years old, Period: December 1974–December 1976, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1976	"Down with Miki" campaign (Age: 70 years old, Period: 1976, Location: Japan, within Tokyo (inside the Liberal Democratic Party)) Assumption of office as the 67th Prime Minister (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 71 years old, Period: December 24, 1976, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1977	Announcement of the Fukuda Doctrine (Age: 72 years old, Period: August 1977, Location: Manila, Philippines)
1978	Signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and China (Age: 73 years old, Period: Signed August 12, 1978; entered into force October 23, 1978, Location: Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan) Resignation as Prime Minister (Age: 73 years old, Period: December 7, 1978, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1979	40-Day Struggle (Age: 73 years old, Period: 1979–1980, Location: Japan, within Tokyo (inside the Liberal Democratic Party))
1986	Passing leadership of the Fukuda faction to a successor (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 80 years old, Period: Around 1986, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1990	Retirement from politics (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 85 years old, Period: February 1990, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1995	Death of Takeo Fukuda (Age: 90 years old, Period: July 5, 1995 (Died at age 90), Location: Tokyo) Passing (Takeo Fukuda, Age: 90 years old, Period: July 5, 1995, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
Unknown	Financial advisor to the Wang Jingwei regime (Period: During World War II, Location: Nanjing, China) Marriage (Takeo Fukuda, Mie Fukuda, Period: Uncertain, Location: Uncertain)

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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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