Kunihiko Fukushima (Japanese: 福島 邦彦, born 16 March 1936) is a Japanese computer scientist, most noted for his work on…
Kunihiko Fukushima (Japanese: 福島 邦彦, born 16 March 1936) is a Japanese computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning. He is currently working part-time as a senior research scientist at the Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Naoki Tanemura (種村 直樹, Tanemura Naoki; March 7, 1936 – November 6, 2014) was a Japanese writer, essayist and critic. He…
Naoki Tanemura (種村 直樹, Tanemura Naoki; March 7, 1936 – November 6, 2014) was a Japanese writer, essayist and critic. He called himself a "railway writer". He had published commentaries on railways and travel writings including mysteries. He came from Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture. He graduated from Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School and then the Department of Law of Kyoto University. He became a journalist of the Mainichi Shimbun, and became independent afterwards. Tanemura was well informed about the railways in Japan. His travel style in his book called "Kimagure Ressha" (capricious train) influenced a lot of young people. Tanemura had a fan club. Writers in Japan who have their own fan club is considerably few. He traveled with the members of the fan club and he often wrote about them in his works. Tanemura was an authority of a hobby named "travel savings" (旅行貯金, ryokō chokin), where participants around the country deposit a small amount of money at post offices (and Japan Post Bank) to collect the rubber stamps of the post offices.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Zeze High School📅 Born March 7🎂 Born 1936📍 From Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Essayist💼 Critic
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Kazumi Maki (kanji: 真木 和美, kana: まき かずみ Maki Kazumi, January 27, 1936, Takamatsu, Japan – September 10, 2008, Los…
Kazumi Maki (kanji: 真木 和美, kana: まき かずみ Maki Kazumi, January 27, 1936, Takamatsu, Japan – September 10, 2008, Los Angeles) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, known for his research in "superconductivity, superfluid ³He, and quasi‑one‑dimensional (1D) materials."
Akiko Kiso (Japanese: 木曽明子; born 1936) is a Japanese classical scholar who specialises in Greek literature. She is a…
Akiko Kiso (Japanese: 木曽明子; born 1936) is a Japanese classical scholar who specialises in Greek literature. She is a professor emeritus at Osaka University. She is the first Japanese scholar to publish on Sophocles. Her work included reconstructions of the lost plays of Epigoni and Tereus. She also worked on comparative approaches to Greek tragedy with an emphasis on Japanese classical drama.
Shinzō Watanabe (渡辺 信三 Watanabe Shinzō, born 23 December 1935) is a Japanese mathematician, who has made fundamental…
Shinzō Watanabe (渡辺 信三 Watanabe Shinzō, born 23 December 1935) is a Japanese mathematician, who has made fundamental contributions to probability theory, stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations. He is revered as a luminary in the field of modern probability theory and stochastic calculus. The pioneering book “Stochastic Differential Equations and Diffusion Processes” he wrote with Nobuyuki Ikeda has attracted a lot of researchers into the area and is known as the “Ikeda-Watanabe” for researchers in the field of stochastic analysis. He serves as the editor of Springer Mathematics.
Takao Iwami (岩見隆夫, Iwami Takao; October 6, 1935 – January 18, 2014) was a Japanese political pundit and journalist.
Eiji Osawa (Japanese: 大澤 映二, Hepburn: Ōsawa Eiji; born June 9, 1935 in Toyama, Japan) is a former professor of…
Eiji Osawa (Japanese: 大澤 映二, Hepburn: Ōsawa Eiji; born June 9, 1935 in Toyama, Japan) is a former professor of computational chemistry, noted for his prediction of the C60 molecule in 1970. Osawa received his Master's of Engineering in chemistry from Kyoto University's Department of Industrial Chemistry and then became an engineer at Teijin Co., Ltd. In 1964, he returned to Kyoto University and earned a Doctorate of Engineering in chemistry under Professor M. Yoshida. After three years of postdoctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, Princeton University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, in 1970 he became an assistant professor at Hokkaido University. In 1990, Osawa became a full professor at Toyahashi University of Technology, where he retired in 2001. Upon his retirement, assisted by Futaba, Co., Ltd., headquartered in Chiba, Osawa started the research and development company Nano-Carbon Research Institute, Ltd.
Keiji Morokuma (諸熊 奎治, Morokuma Keiji; July 12, 1934 – November 27, 2017) was a Japanese theoretical chemist and…
Keiji Morokuma (諸熊 奎治, Morokuma Keiji; July 12, 1934 – November 27, 2017) was a Japanese theoretical chemist and chemical engineer known for developing energy decomposition analysis for molecular interactions and the ONIOM method in quantum chemistry.
Masakazu Yamazaki (山崎 正和, Yamazaki Masakazu; 26 March 1934 – 19 August 2020) was a Japanese writer, literary critic…
Masakazu Yamazaki (山崎 正和, Yamazaki Masakazu; 26 March 1934 – 19 August 2020) was a Japanese writer, literary critic, and philosopher.
Lin Wenyue (Chinese: 林文月; pinyin: Lín Wényuè; 5 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was a Taiwanese scholar, writer…
Lin Wenyue (Chinese: 林文月; pinyin: Lín Wényuè; 5 September 1933 – 26 May 2023) was a Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator, and professor.
Takao Jinnouchi (陣内 孝雄, Jinnouchi Takao; 24 August 1933 – 8 September 2026) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician…
Takao Jinnouchi (陣内 孝雄, Jinnouchi Takao; 24 August 1933 – 8 September 2026) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as the Minister of Justice in 1999.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born August 24🎂 Born 1933💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Takaharu Doi (Japanese: 土肥孝治 Doi Takaharu; 12 July 1933 – 1 August 2023) was a Japanese lawyer. He served as…
Takaharu Doi (Japanese: 土肥孝治 Doi Takaharu; 12 July 1933 – 1 August 2023) was a Japanese lawyer. He served as Prosecutor-General of Japan from 1996 to 1998. Doi died of heart failure on 1 August 2023, at the age of 90.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Tennoji High School📅 Born July 12🎂 Born 1933📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Lawyer💼 Prosecutor
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Huzihiro Araki (荒木 不二洋, Araki Fujihiro; 28 July 1932 – 16 December 2022) was a Japanese mathematical physicist and…
Huzihiro Araki (荒木 不二洋, Araki Fujihiro; 28 July 1932 – 16 December 2022) was a Japanese mathematical physicist and mathematician who worked on the foundations of quantum field theory, on quantum statistical mechanics, and on the theory of operator algebras.
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Yasutomi Nishizuka, MJA, ForMemRS (西塚 泰美, Nishizuka Yasutomi; July 12, 1932 – November 4, 2004) was a prominent…
Yasutomi Nishizuka, MJA, ForMemRS (西塚 泰美, Nishizuka Yasutomi; July 12, 1932 – November 4, 2004) was a prominent Japanese biochemist and made important contributions to the understanding of molecular mechanism of signal transduction across the cell membrane. In 1977, he discovered protein kinase C, which plays significant roles in a variety of intracellular signal transduction processes. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1990 and as a member of the Japan Academy (MJA) in 1991.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Zuiryo High School📅 Born July 12🎂 Born 1932📍 From Ashiya, Hyōgo💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Jun'ya Yano (矢野 絢也, Yano Junya; born 27 April 1932) is a retired Japanese politician and political commentator who…
Jun'ya Yano (矢野 絢也, Yano Junya; born 27 April 1932) is a retired Japanese politician and political commentator who served as the fourth leader of Komeito between 1986 and 1989. Over a decade after leaving politics, Yano has become a notable critic of the party and its religious partner Soka Gakkai.
Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese film director, writer, and…
Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa; March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese film director, writer, and left-wing activist who is best known for his fiction films, of which he directed 23 features in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999. He is regarded as one of the greatest Japanese directors of all time, and as one of the most important figures of the Japanese New Wave (Nūberu bāgu), alongside Shōhei Imamura. His film style was bold, innovative and provocative. Common themes in his work include youthful rebellion, class and racial discrimination and taboo sexuality. His first major film was his second feature, Cruel Story of Youth (1960), one of the first Japanese New Wave films, a youth-oriented film with an earnest portrayal of the sexual lives and criminal activities of its young protagonists. He came to greater international renown after Death By Hanging (1968), a film on the theme of capital punishment and anti-Korean sentiment, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. His most controversial film is In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a sexually explicit film set in 1930s Japan.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Toba High School📅 Born March 31🎂 Born 1932📍 From Tamano, Okayama Prefecture💼 Film Director💼 Screenwriter💼 Stage Director💼 Writer
Takako Takahashi (高橋 たか子, Takahashi Takako; March 2, 1932 – July 12, 2013) was a Japanese author. Her maiden name was…
Takako Takahashi (高橋 たか子, Takahashi Takako; March 2, 1932 – July 12, 2013) was a Japanese author. Her maiden name was Takako Okamoto (岡本和子, Okamoto Takako).
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Yamashiro High School📅 Born March 2🎂 Born 1932📍 From Kyoto Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist
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Kazumi Takahashi (高橋 和巳, Takahashi Kazumi; 31 August 1931—3 May 1971) was a Japanese novelist and scholar of Chinese…
Kazumi Takahashi (高橋 和巳, Takahashi Kazumi; 31 August 1931—3 May 1971) was a Japanese novelist and scholar of Chinese literature in Shōwa-era Japan. His wife was fellow writer Takako Takahashi.
Sakyo Komatsu (小松 左京, Komatsu Sakyō; January 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011) was a Japanese science fiction writer and…
Sakyo Komatsu (小松 左京, Komatsu Sakyō; January 28, 1931 – July 26, 2011) was a Japanese science fiction writer and screenwriter. He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School📅 Born January 28🎂 Born 1931📍 From Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Writer・Novelist
Masatoshi Nei (根井正利, Nei Masatoshi; January 2, 1931 – May 18, 2023) was a Japanese-born American evolutionary biologist.
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Yoshio Masui (増井 禎夫, Masui Yoshio; January 1, 1931 – April 18, 2024) was a Japanese-Canadian cell biologist. Masui…
Yoshio Masui (増井 禎夫, Masui Yoshio; January 1, 1931 – April 18, 2024) was a Japanese-Canadian cell biologist. Masui retired in 1997 and held the position of Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
Satoshi Suzuki (24 June 1930 – 11 August 1991) was a Japanese mathematician, and a professor at Kyoto University.
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Rokkō Toura (戸浦 六宏, Toura Rokkō; 30 April 1937 – 25 March 1993) was a Japanese stage and film actor active from 1960 to…
Rokkō Toura (戸浦 六宏, Toura Rokkō; 30 April 1937 – 25 March 1993) was a Japanese stage and film actor active from 1960 to 1993. He is mostly associated with the films of director Nagisa Ōshima.
Shōgorō Nishimura (西村昭五郎, Nishimura Shōgorō; January 18, 1930 – August 1, 2017) was a Japanese film director.
Kōsaku Yamashita (山下耕作, Yamashita Kōsaku; 10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998) was a Japanese film director who…
Kōsaku Yamashita (山下耕作, Yamashita Kōsaku; 10 December 1930 – 6 December 1998) was a Japanese film director who specialized in directing Yakuza films. Yamashita was nicknamed Shōgun. His son is director Tomohiko Yamashita. In 1952, He graduated from Kyoto University and joined Toei Film. He was working an office job, but three years later, he became an assistant director under Tomu Uchida and Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Yamashita made his directorial debut with Wakatono Senryu Hada in 1961. His representative works included The Valiant Red Peony series and Kyōdai Jingi (1966).
Yoneo Ishii (石井 米雄, Ishii Yoneo; October 10, 1929 - February 12, 2010) was a Japanese historian who specialized in the…
Yoneo Ishii (石井 米雄, Ishii Yoneo; October 10, 1929 - February 12, 2010) was a Japanese historian who specialized in the study of Thailand.
Itsuo Sonobe (Japanese: 園部逸夫 Sonobe Itsuo; 1 April 1929 – 13 September 2024) was a Japanese lawyer and politician. He…
Itsuo Sonobe (Japanese: 園部逸夫 Sonobe Itsuo; 1 April 1929 – 13 September 2024) was a Japanese lawyer and politician. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 1989 to 1999. Sonobe died on 13 September 2024, at the age of 95.
Masamoto Yashiro (八城 政基; born February 14, 1929 in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese businessman who is chairman and CEO…
Masamoto Yashiro (八城 政基; born February 14, 1929 in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese businessman who is chairman and CEO of Shinsei Bank and a director of China Construction Bank. He attended Kyoto University, graduating with a degree in law, and graduate school at the University of Tokyo. He joined Standard Vacuum Oil Company in 1958 and became a director of Esso Petroleum in 1964. He was appointed Japan chairman of Citibank in 1989. In 1999, he left Citibank to head the Ripplewood-backed effort to acquire the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan. In 2000, he was appointed chairman and CEO of the newly acquired and renamed Shinsei Bank. In 2004 he was also appointed as a director of China Construction Bank. He resigned as CEO of Shinsei in 2005 and as chairman in 2006, but returned as chairman and CEO in 2008.
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Shosaku Numa, ForMemRS (沼 正作, Numa Shousaku; February 7, 1929 – February 15, 1992) was a Japanese neuroscientist known…
Shosaku Numa, ForMemRS (沼 正作, Numa Shousaku; February 7, 1929 – February 15, 1992) was a Japanese neuroscientist known for his pioneering research on neurotransmitters and ion channels, and for his contributions to the understanding of molecular mechanisms of neural signalling.
Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu; January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese materials scientist specializing…
Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu; January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese materials scientist specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is best known for co-inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p–n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well. Akasaki was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura, "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources."
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School📅 Born January 30🎂 Born 1929📍 From Kagoshima Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Teizo Matsumura (松村 禎三 Matsumura Teizō; 15 January 1929 – 6 August 2007) was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and…
Teizo Matsumura (松村 禎三 Matsumura Teizō; 15 January 1929 – 6 August 2007) was a Japanese composer and poet. Orphaned and suffering from tuberculosis, during his recovery in the early 1950s he began to write both haiku and music. He studied with Tomojiro Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. He was influenced by Ravel and Stravinsky, but also Asian traditions. He was Professor Emeritus of the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. Matsumura is best known for his opera Chinmoku (in English Silence) based on the novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo. This has been recorded. Matsumura is the recipient of the 1974 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers and of the 1978 Suntory Music Award.
Tatsuo Nishida (西田 龍雄, Nishida Tatsuo; 26 November 1928 – 26 September 2012) was a professor at Kyoto University. His…
Tatsuo Nishida (西田 龍雄, Nishida Tatsuo; 26 November 1928 – 26 September 2012) was a professor at Kyoto University. His work encompasses research on a variety of Tibeto-Burman languages, having made great contributions in particular to the deciphering of the Tangut language.
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 弘一, Yamamoto Hiroshi) (6 May 1928 – 1990/1991) was a Japanese sprinter. He attended Konan…
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 弘一, Yamamoto Hiroshi) (6 May 1928 – 1990/1991) was a Japanese sprinter. He attended Konan University prior to his involvement in athletics. He later competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Yamamoto died at the age of 62.
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Azuma Morisaki (森崎 東, Morisaki Azuma; 19 November 1927 – 16 July 2020) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
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Mizuho Suzuki (鈴木 瑞穂, Suzuki Mizuho; October 23, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was a Japanese actor. He was a drop-out of…
Mizuho Suzuki (鈴木 瑞穂, Suzuki Mizuho; October 23, 1927 – November 19, 2023) was a Japanese actor. He was a drop-out of Kyoto University. He died on November 19, 2023, at the age of 96.
Akio Sato (佐藤 昭夫, Satō Akio; 15 August 1927 – 23 October 2007) was a Japanese politician. He represented the Kyoto…
Akio Sato (佐藤 昭夫, Satō Akio; 15 August 1927 – 23 October 2007) was a Japanese politician. He represented the Kyoto at-large district in the House of Councillors of the Diet of Japan, serving two terms from 1977 until 1989 as a member of the Japanese Communist Party. Sato was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and graduated from the Department of Science at the University of Kyoto. He was employed as a high school teacher before entering politics. He died of pneumonia in Uji, Kyoto at the age of 80 on 23 October 2007.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Kyoto Hiyoshigaoka High School📅 Born August 15🎂 Born 1927📍 From Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture💼 Educator💼 Politician・Legislator
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Jiro Tsuji (May 11, 1927 – April 1, 2022) was a Japanese chemist, notable for his discovery of organometallic…
Jiro Tsuji (May 11, 1927 – April 1, 2022) was a Japanese chemist, notable for his discovery of organometallic reactions, including the Tsuji–Trost reaction, the Tsuji–Wilkinson decarbonylation reaction, and the Tsuji–Wacker reaction.
Asao Hirano (平野朝雄, Hirano Asao; November 26, 1926 – July 25, 2019) was a Japanese physician, academic, medical…
Asao Hirano (平野朝雄, Hirano Asao; November 26, 1926 – July 25, 2019) was a Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathologist. He is credited with having first observed Hirano bodies which are intracellular aggregates of actin and actin-associated proteins in the neurons (nerve cells).
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Niigata Higher School📅 Born November 26🎂 Born 1926💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Kabun Mutō (武藤 嘉文, Mutō Kabun; 18 November 1926 – 4 November 2009) was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister…
Kabun Mutō (武藤 嘉文, Mutō Kabun; 18 November 1926 – 4 November 2009) was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for a brief period in 1993.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Gifu High School📅 Born November 18🎂 Born 1926📍 From Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Junichiro Itani (伊谷 純一郎, Itani Jun'ichirō; May 9, 1926 – August 19, 2001) was a Japanese anthropologist who served as a…
Junichiro Itani (伊谷 純一郎, Itani Jun'ichirō; May 9, 1926 – August 19, 2001) was a Japanese anthropologist who served as a professor emeritus at Kyoto University and as president of the Primate Society of Japan. He is considered a founder of the discipline of Japanese primatology.
Teruhisa Matsusaka (松阪 輝久, Matsusaka Teruhisa) (1926–2006) was a Japanese-born American mathematician, who specialized…
Teruhisa Matsusaka (松阪 輝久, Matsusaka Teruhisa) (1926–2006) was a Japanese-born American mathematician, who specialized in algebraic geometry. Matsusaka received his Ph.D. in 1954 at Kyoto University; he was a member of the Brandeis Mathematics Department from 1961 until his retirement in 1994, and was that department's chair from 1984–1986. He was invited to address the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Edinburgh in 1958 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1966. During the difficult years after the Second World War, Matsusaka worked on several problems connected with Weil's Foundations of Algebraic Geometry. This led to a correspondence and eventually Weil invited Matsusaka to the University of Chicago (1954–57) where they became life-long friends. After three years at Northwestern University and a year at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, he went to Brandeis University in 1961 where he stayed until 1994, helping to build the department to its current prominence. Matsusaka was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for the academic year 1959–1960. In 1972, Matsusaka introduced Matsusaka's big theorem, a key technical result on ample line bundles.
Hirotaro Higuchi (樋口 廣太郎, Higuchi Hirotaro; January 25, 1926 - September 16, 2012) was a Japanese business executive…
Hirotaro Higuchi (樋口 廣太郎, Higuchi Hirotaro; January 25, 1926 - September 16, 2012) was a Japanese business executive, the representative director and president of The Sumitomo Bank, the representative director and president of Asahi Breweries, and the vice chairman of Keidanren.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 京都市立西陣商業高等学校📅 Born January 25🎂 Born 1926📍 From Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Toshio Kuroda (黒田 俊雄, Kuroda Toshio; January 21, 1926 – January 26, 1993) was a Japanese academic, historian and…
Toshio Kuroda (黒田 俊雄, Kuroda Toshio; January 21, 1926 – January 26, 1993) was a Japanese academic, historian and university professor. A specialist in medieval Japanese history and in the history of Japanese thought, he greatly influenced Japanese historiography with several innovative and controversial theories. His ideas were the opposite of what mainstream academics at the time believed, and for this reason his name is often at the center of controversies. His work has been called "seminal", "epochal" and "revolutionary".
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Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照, Ueda Shizuteru; January 17, 1926 − June 28, 2019) was a Japanese philosopher specialized in…
Shizuteru Ueda (上田 閑照, Ueda Shizuteru; January 17, 1926 − June 28, 2019) was a Japanese philosopher specialized in philosophy of religion, especially in philosophy of Buddhism and Zen. He was a professor at Kyoto University and considered a third generation member of Kyoto School (京都学派, Kyoto-gakuha).
Masao Takenaka (June 9, 1925 – August 17, 2006) was a Japanese theologian who taught for over 40 years at Doshisha…
Masao Takenaka (June 9, 1925 – August 17, 2006) was a Japanese theologian who taught for over 40 years at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, where he was a Professor of Christian Ethics and Sociology of Religion. Takenaka was born in Beijing, China in 1925, and lived in China for his first ten years; his father worked for the South Manchuria Railway. He began his studies at Kyoto University, but was drafted into the Japanese army during World War II and sent to Hokkaido. After the war, he completed a degree in business and then studied theology at Doshisha. At the Yale Divinity School in Yale University, he was greatly influenced by H. Richard Niebuhr; he earned his doctorate there in 1955. He returned to Japan, where he became a volunteer leader of the United Church of Christ in Japan, and then served a term as vicar in Kurashiki before joining the Doshisha faculty. Takenaka was a proponent of ecumenism, an opponent of the concept of the divinity of the Emperor of Japan, and (later in his life) a promoter of Christian art. He was honorary president of the Asian Christian Art Association. He also worked to fit Christian theology more closely to indigenous culture in Asia, for instance by defining God as the "rice of life" instead of as the "bread of life".
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Seijo High School📅 Born September 6🎂 Born 1925💼 Christianity💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Takeshi Umehara (梅原 猛, Umehara Takeshi; March 20, 1925 – January 12, 2019) was born in Miyagi Prefecture in Tōhoku and…
Takeshi Umehara (梅原 猛, Umehara Takeshi; March 20, 1925 – January 12, 2019) was born in Miyagi Prefecture in Tōhoku and graduated from the philosophical faculty of Kyoto University in 1948. He taught philosophy at Ritsumeikan University and was subsequently appointed president of the Kyoto City University of Arts. He is noted for his prolific essays on Japanese culture, in which he has endeavoured to refound the discipline of Japanese studies along more Japanocentric lines, notably in his book Nihongaku kotohajime (日本学事始) written in 1972 in collaboration with Shunpei Ueyama. Aside from his voluminous academic essays on numerous aspects of Japanese culture he has also composed theatrical works on figures as varied as Yamato Takeru and Gilgamesh. He was appointed in 1987 to head the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, otherwise known by the abbreviation of Nichibunken, established by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone to function as a centralized academic body collecting and classifying all available information about Japanese culture, both within Japan and abroad. He retired as head administrator of Nichibunken in 1995.
Sigeru (Shigeru) Mizohata (Japanese: 溝畑 茂(みぞはた しげる); December 30, 1924 – June 25, 2002) was a Japanese mathematician…
Sigeru (Shigeru) Mizohata (Japanese: 溝畑 茂(みぞはた しげる); December 30, 1924 – June 25, 2002) was a Japanese mathematician, who specialized in the theory of partial differential equations.
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Masao Horiba (堀場 雅夫, Horiba Masao; December 1, 1924 – July 14, 2015) was a Japanese businessman who was the founder of…
Masao Horiba (堀場 雅夫, Horiba Masao; December 1, 1924 – July 14, 2015) was a Japanese businessman who was the founder of Horiba Ltd., a manufacturer of advanced analytical and measurement technology. He founded the company as Horiba Radio Laboratory in 1945. Masao Horiba received several awards from the Japanese government including a national Blue Ribbon Medal, and was the first non-American to receive the Pittcon Heritage Award.
Motoo Kimura (木村 資生, Kimura Motō) (November 13, 1924 – November 13, 1994) was a Japanese biologist best known for…
Motoo Kimura (木村 資生, Kimura Motō) (November 13, 1924 – November 13, 1994) was a Japanese biologist best known for introducing the neutral theory of molecular evolution in 1968. He became one of the most influential theoretical population geneticists. He is remembered in genetics for his innovative use of diffusion equations to calculate the probability of fixation of beneficial, deleterious, or neutral alleles. Combining theoretical population genetics with molecular evolution data, he also developed the neutral theory of molecular evolution in which genetic drift is the main force changing allele frequencies. James Franklin Crow, himself a renowned population geneticist, considered Kimura to be one of the two greatest evolutionary geneticists, along with Gustave Malécot, after the great trio of the modern synthesis, Ronald Fisher, J. B. S. Haldane, and Sewall Wright.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Okazaki High School📅 Born November 13🎂 Born 1924📍 From Aichi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, Takeshita Toranosuke; 6 August 1924 – 16 December 2008) was the Governor of Hiroshima…
Toranosuke Takeshita (竹下 虎之助, Takeshita Toranosuke; 6 August 1924 – 16 December 2008) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1981 to 1993. In August 1990, while participating in a symposium in Hiroshima, he publicly called on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to visit the city.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Shudo Junior and Senior High School📅 Born August 6🎂 Born 1924📍 From Ōda, Shimane💼 Bureaucrat💼 Politician・Legislator
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