Takeo Miki - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

During his time in Seattle, Miki spent a period as a dishwasher at noted Japanese restaurant Maneki.

In Mao Zedong's final days, he took a great interest in Miki's political condition, as Miki was suffering a coup d'état from amongst his own party. Mao had never shown any interest in Miki before, or even mentioned him.

He held many other posts during his career in addition to being prime minister.

NFL player Takeo Spikes was named after Miki.

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