TOKYO -- Fumio Kishida's determination to overcome the odds and win election as prime minister echoes the resolve of Hayato Ikeda, a Japanese leader from the 1960s with whom he shares political and geographic roots.
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Kishida mirrors former PM Ikeda in pursuit of Japan's top post
Separated by decades, both men shared determination to defy the odds
Hayato Ikeda, left, won election as Japan's prime minister in 1960. Both he and the country's new leader, Fumio Kishida, reached the nation's highest office when few others believed it was possible.
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