Takuma Sato | Sato'alepai | Rumina Sato | Hiromi Satō | Shinsuke Sato | Yuka Sato | Toshiko Sato | Sabrina Sato | Miho Sato | Makoto Sato | Kohei Sato | Junichi Sato | Hisayasu Satō | Hiroaki Sato | Eisaku Noro Company |
June 3 – Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
From 1968 until 1999, FHI was 20% owned by Nissan, which acquired the stake in 1968 during a period of government-ordered merging of Japanese auto industry firms in order to improve competitiveness against foreign companies under the administration of Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.
The scandal involved the Marubeni Corporation and several high-ranking members of Japanese political, business and underworld circles, including Finance Minister Eisaku Sato and the JASDF Chief of Staff Minoru Genda.