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Born September 30, 1932 • Kōbe • Japan
Died February 1, 2022 (aged 89) • Tokyo • Japan
Title / Office governor (1999-2012), Tokyo
Political Affiliation Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan
Awards And Honors Akutagawa Prize (1956)
Notable Works “Taiyō no kisetsu” • “The Japan That Can Say ‘No’”
Hearn, Lafcadio
Lafcadio Hearn
British-born writer and translator
Fukuzawa Yukichi.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
Japanese author, educator, and publisher
Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe
prime minister of Japan
Fumio Kishida
Fumio Kishida
prime minister of Japan
Ozawa Ichirō
Ozawa Ichirō
Japanese politician
Shigeru Ishiba
Shigeru Ishiba
prime minister of Japan
Asō Tarō
Asō Tarō
prime minister of Japan
Koizumi Junichiro
Koizumi Junichiro
prime minister of Japan
Hatoyama Yukio
Hatoyama Yukio
prime minister of Japan
Hashimoto Ryūtarō
prime minister of Japan
Kishi Nobusuke
prime minister of Japan
Nakasone Yasuhiro
Nakasone Yasuhiro
prime minister of Japan
Satō Eisaku.
Satō Eisaku
prime minister of Japan
Tanaka Makiko
Japanese politician
Tanaka Kakuei
prime minister of Japan
Hatoyama Ichirō
prime minister of Japan
Takeshita Noboru
prime minister of Japan
Ikeda
Ikeda Hayato
prime minister of Japan
Mori Yoshiro
Mori Yoshiro
prime minister of Japan
Ishibashi Tanzan
prime minister of Japan