Editing Hayato Ikeda (section)

==Early life==
Ikeda was born on 3 December 1899, in Yoshina, [[Hiroshima Prefecture]] (present-day [[Takehara, Hiroshima]]), the youngest child of Goichirō Ikeda and his wife Ume. He had six siblings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=没後50年池田勇人展-日本を変えた男 |url=http://www.city.takehara.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/2329/1/ikedahayatoten.pdf |access-date=2016-02-08 |website=Takehara City |archive-date=1 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201155629/http://www.city.takehara.lg.jp/data/open/cnt/3/2329/1/ikedahayatoten.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He attended [[Kyoto University|Kyoto Imperial University]] and joined the [[Ministry of Finance (Japan)|Ministry of Finance]] following graduation in 1925. While at the ministry, he served as the head of the local tax offices in [[Hakodate]] and [[Utsunomiya]]. During his time in the latter role, in 1929, he contracted [[pemphigus foliaceus]] and went on sick leave for two years, formally resigning in 1931 once his sick leave had run out. The condition was cured by 1934. He briefly considered accepting a position at [[Hitachi]], but returned to the Ministry of Finance in December 1934 to head a tax office in [[Osaka]]. Ikeda remained within the ministry through the end of [[World War II]], eventually becoming Vice Minister of Finance under Prime Minister [[Shigeru Yoshida]] in 1947.