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Japanese leader’s trip to China in ’72 was diplomatic gamble

Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of Japan's former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka talked about her father ahead of the 50th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 29, of the historic communique that her father signed with his counterpart, Zhou Enlai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of Japan's former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka talked about her father ahead of the 50th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 29, of the historic communique that her father signed with his counterpart, Zhou Enlai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of Japan's former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, pauses during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka talked about her father ahead of the 50th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 29, of the historic communique that her father signed with his counterpart, Zhou Enlai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Kakuei Tanaka, the Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago, feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, Makiko Tanaka. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Kakuei Tanaka, the Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago, feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, Makiko Tanaka. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of Japan's former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka talked about her father ahead of the 50th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 29, of the historic communique that her father signed with his counterpart, Zhou Enlai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Kakuei Tanaka, the Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago, feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, Makiko Tanaka. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Kakuei Tanaka, the Japanese leader who normalized relations with China 50 years ago, feared for his life when he flew to Beijing for the high-stakes negotiations at the height of the Cold War, according to his daughter, Makiko Tanaka. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Makiko Tanaka, the daughter of Japan's former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Sept. 14, 2022, in Tokyo. Tanaka talked about her father ahead of the 50th anniversary Thursday, Sept. 29, of the historic communique that her father signed with his counterpart, Zhou Enlai. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, sitting at center left, with Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira, far left, and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, center right, sign the joint statement to normalize relations between the countries in Beijing on Sept. 29, 1972. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the historic communique that Tanaka signed with Zhou. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka toast each other at a banquet in the Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 28, 1972. Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of a historic communique for Japan to normalize relations with China that Tanaka signed with Zhou. (AP Photo, File)
Japanese leader’s trip to China in ’72 was diplomatic gamble