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| Birth of Hironomiya Hironomiya |  |
| 23rd Feb Birth of Naruhito Hironomiya, eldest son of Akihito |
| Democratic Socialist Party Suehiro, Nishio | |
| Founds Japan's Democratic Socialist Party |
| Demonstrations Kishi, Nobusuke | |
| Tokyo A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrations |
| Diplomacy Kishi, Nobusuke | |
| Tokyo A trip by Eisenhower to Japan is cancelled due to demonstrations |
| 23rd June Tokyo The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation with the USA goes into effect |
| Economy Ikeda, Hayato | |
| Sep Announces plans to double Japan's income over the decade |
| Film Kurosawa Kurosawa, Akira | |
| Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well |
| Prime Minister Ikeda, Hayato | |
| 19th July Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 1st term |
| 8th Dec Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan, 2nd term |
| Publication of Yoshikawa Yoshikawa, Hidetsugu | |
| Winner of the Cultural Merit award |
| Treaty of Security Kishi, Nobusuke | |
| Tokyo 40 socialists leave the Japan Socialist Party & form the Democratic Socialist Party |
| Tokyo Allows the USAto launch military operations from Japan, includingNuclear weapons |
| Tokyo Japan & the USA sign the 2nd security treaty, Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation |
| Tokyo The treaty causes demonstrations of up to 100,000 |
| 23rd June Tokyo The Treaty of Mutual Security & Cooperation goes into effect |
