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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1957, Feb. 25 | |
| Foreign Minister and Liberal Democrat Kishi Nobusuke (1896–1987) was elected prime minister, succeeding Prime Minister Ishibashi Tanzan (1884–1973), who resigned on Feb. 23 because of poor health. | 1 |
| June 21 | |
| The U.S. agreed to the immediate withdrawal of its ground combat forces and to a reduction in strength of other U.S. units stationed in Japan. | 2 |
| July 16 | |
| The government announced an easing of trade restrictions with Communist China. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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