Season 16, Episode 5: The Big Tent (politics 1955-1972, Part 1)
A black and white photograph of Hatoyama Ichiro, who became Prime Minister in 1954 and helped form the Liberal Democratic Party in 1955. Source: Public Domain
A black and white photograph of Ishibashi Tanzan, who became Prime Minister after Hatoyama Ichiro stepped down in 1956. Ishibashi would step down shortly thereafter due to health concerns. Source: Public Domain
A black and white photograph of Kishi Nobusuke, who became Prime Minister in 1957. Source: 外務省, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A black and white photograph of the scrum that resulted in the diet building when members of the Japan Socialist Party attempted to disrupt Kishi Nobusuke’s call for an extension of the diet’s present term on May 19, 1960. Source: Public Domain
An aerial black and white photograph of the Anpo Protests which erupted after Kishi Nobusuke ratified the new US-Japan security treaty using methods which were, arguably, less than democratic. Source: Public Domain
A black and white photograph of the Hagerty Incident, in which US Press Secretary James Hagerty and Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II were surrounded by angry anti-US protesters who vandalized their vehicle for over an hour. Source: Public Domain
An infamous black and white photograph of the dramatic helicopter rescue of James Hagerty and Douglas MacArthur II. Source: Public Domain
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