Mitsuhashi Takajo or Takajo Mitsuhashi (三橋 鷹女; born Fumiko Matsuhashi (三橋 たか) near Narita, Chiba on 24 January 1899…
Mitsuhashi Takajo or Takajo Mitsuhashi (三橋 鷹女; born Fumiko Matsuhashi (三橋 たか) near Narita, Chiba on 24 January 1899; died 7 April 1972) was a haiku poet of the Shōwa period.
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Hirokichi Nadao (Japanese: 灘尾 弘吉; 21 December 1899 – 22 January 1994) was a Japanese politician. Throughout his career…
Hirokichi Nadao (Japanese: 灘尾 弘吉; 21 December 1899 – 22 January 1994) was a Japanese politician. Throughout his career, he served as Minister of Education multiple times, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Minister of Health and Welfare, and Governor of Oita Prefecture. Nadao was known for his hawkish attitudes. He held an aggressive stance towards Nikkyoso, the teachers' union of Japan, and unions in general (represented by Sōhyō). He was also one of the main people behind Prime Minister Eisaku Satō's foreign policy. In the mid-1970s, he was regarded as one of the most powerful men in Japan.
Yoshio Hattori (服部 敬雄, Hattori Yoshio; December 10, 1899 Yamagata Prefecture - March 14, 1991) was a Japanese…
Yoshio Hattori (服部 敬雄, Hattori Yoshio; December 10, 1899 Yamagata Prefecture - March 14, 1991) was a Japanese businessman.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Shinjo Kita High School📅 Born December 10🎂 Born 1899📍 From Yamagata(city), Yamagata Prefecture💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Toshio Hoshino (10 December 1899 – 11 February 1979) is a Japanese chemist who specialized in natural product and…
Toshio Hoshino (10 December 1899 – 11 February 1979) is a Japanese chemist who specialized in natural product and polymer chemistry. He was a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Among other contributions, Hoshino, along with his colleague Kenya Shimodaira, is notable in being the first to synthesize the psychedelic tryptamines bufotenin (5-HO-DMT) and 5-MeO-DMT (mebufotenin) in 1935 and 1936, respectively. However, the hallucinogenic effects of these compounds and of tryptamines generally did not become known until much later in the 1950s and thereafter.
Issac Koga (古賀 逸策, Koga Issaku; December 5, 1899 – September 2, 1982) was a Japanese inventor and scientist.
Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato; 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese politician who served as prime…
Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato; 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan, which promised to double the size of Japan's economy in 10 years, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Ikeda studied law at Kyoto Imperial University and entered the Ministry of Finance in 1925, working there for the next two decades. After the war, he was first elected to the National Diet in 1947 and served as finance minister from 1949 to 1952 under Shigeru Yoshida, being responsible implementing an economic stabilization program. Ikeda briefly headed the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1952, but resigned after a no-confidence motion. He returned as finance minister under Tanzan Ishibashi from 1956 to 1957, and as international trade and industry minister from 1959 to 1960. Ikeda succeeded Nobusuke Kishi as president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister in 1960, following Kishi's resignation amid the massive Anpo protests against the US-Japan Security Treaty. Seeking to redirect the nation's energies away from social conflict and in the direction of economic growth, Ikeda announced his Income Doubling Plan and helped Japan to double its GDP in a period of just seven years. During his tenure, Ikeda worked to repair the rift in U.S.–Japan relations and to ease the domestic political divisions which had been exacerbated by the recent protests, played an important role in settling the Miike Struggle, and oversaw the successful 1964 Olympic Games before resigning due to ill health.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Tadanomi High School📅 Born December 3🎂 Born 1899📍 From Hiroshima Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
Kizo Yasui (安居 喜造, Yasui Kizō; December 2, 1899 – September 30, 1983) was a Japanese corporate executive. He held the…
Kizo Yasui (安居 喜造, Yasui Kizō; December 2, 1899 – September 30, 1983) was a Japanese corporate executive. He held the positions of the chairman of the board of directors of Toray Industries, vice-president of Mitsui Bank, president of Mitsui Petrochemicals Industries, vice-chairman of Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), chairman of Japan Chemical Fibers Association and others. He was also general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of Ise Shrine Revered Board. He dedicated himself to reconstructing Japanese National Railways as the 4th chairman of audit committee thereof. He received Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1979.
🎓 Hitotsubashi University🏫 Hikone Higashi High School📅 Born December 2🎂 Born 1899💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Takeharu Aso (21 November 1899 – 30 May 1993) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 50 kilometre…
Takeharu Aso (21 November 1899 – 30 May 1993) was a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 50 kilometre event at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He was also a middle-distance runner and shared in the 1500 metres national title with Eiichi Nagayama at the 1919 Japan Championships in Athletics.
Minolta Co., Ltd. (ミノルタ, Minoruta) was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, lenses, camera accessories, binoculars…
Minolta Co., Ltd. (ミノルタ, Minoruta) was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, lenses, camera accessories, binoculars, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta Co., Ltd., which is also known simply as Minolta, was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as Nichi-Doku Shashinki Shōten (日独写真機商店; meaning Japanese-German camera shop). In 1931, the company adopted Minolta for their cameras, an acronym for the German phrase "Mechanismus, Instrumente, Optik, und Linsen von Tashima". Between 1937 and 1962 they became known as Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō K.K. (千代田光学精工㈱, meaning Chiyoda Optics and Precision Industry Co., Ltd.) before adopting the Minolta name as their final company iteration. The Minolta 'Rising Sun' logo was designed by Saul Bass in 1981. Minolta made the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system with the Alpha α/Maxxum 7000/AF in 1985. In 2003, Minolta merged with Konica to form Konica Minolta. On 19 January 2006, Konica Minolta announced that it was leaving the camera and photo business, and that it would sell a portion of its SLR camera business to Sony as part of its move to pull completely out of the business of selling cameras and photographic film. Between 2015 and 2016, Konica Minolta lost the rights to the Minolta US trademark for photographic equipment in a trial against JMM Lee Properties LLC, citing Trademark abandonment. Assuming control of several Minolta Trademarks in photographic industries by 2017, JMM Lee began licensing the name to Elite Brands Inc. This is an example of zombie trademarking
🏫 Wakayama Commercial High School📅 Born November 20🎂 Born 1899📍 From Kainan, Wakayama💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Eitarō Shindō (進藤 英太郎, Shindō Eitarō; 10 November 1899 – 18 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in…
Eitarō Shindō (進藤 英太郎, Shindō Eitarō; 10 November 1899 – 18 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1936 and 1975. He is most closely associated with the work of Kenji Mizoguchi, with whom he made twelve films.
Bang Jeong-hwan (Korean: 방정환; November 9, 1899 – July 23, 1931) was a pioneer of Korean juvenile literature and a…
Bang Jeong-hwan (Korean: 방정환; November 9, 1899 – July 23, 1931) was a pioneer of Korean juvenile literature and a children's rights activist, who led the establishment of Children's Day (Korean: 어린이날) in Korea.
Daisuke Nanba (難波 大助, Nanba Daisuke, November 7, 1899 – November 15, 1924) was a Japanese student and member of the…
Daisuke Nanba (難波 大助, Nanba Daisuke, November 7, 1899 – November 15, 1924) was a Japanese student and member of the Japanese Communist Party who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince Regent Hirohito in the Toranomon incident on December 27, 1923.
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Teikō Shiotani (塩谷 定好, Shiotani Teikō; 24 October 1899 – 28 October 1988) was a Japanese photographer whose work in the…
Teikō Shiotani (塩谷 定好, Shiotani Teikō; 24 October 1899 – 28 October 1988) was a Japanese photographer whose work in the late 1920s and early 1930s in and near Tottori, where he lived, made him a major figure in Japanese pictorialism. Despite living far from any metropolis, Shiotani was famous among photographers nationwide. He portrayed landscapes, seascapes, priests at a local temple, his family, and other quotidian matters and scenes; his images at times unmediated, at others exploiting lens aberration or using darkroom effects. Among the photographers directly influenced by him was Shōji Ueda, who lived nearby. As ideals and fashions in photography changed, Shiotani's work was largely forgotten in postwar Japan until interest was reawakened by a 1975 book devoted to his work; he later became known outside Japan thanks to an exhibition of Japanese photography that toured Europe from 1979 to 1982. Many prints made by Shiotani survive in museum collections, and since 2016 four photobooks largely or exclusively dedicated to his work have been published in Japan.
Sadao Iguchi (井口 貞夫; 1899 – May 27, 1980) was a Japanese diplomat who served as ambassador to Canada and ambassador to…
Sadao Iguchi (井口 貞夫; 1899 – May 27, 1980) was a Japanese diplomat who served as ambassador to Canada and ambassador to the United States.
Kikuo Chishima (千島 喜久男, Chishima Kikuo; October 10, 1899 – October 23, 1978) was a Japanese medical researcher known…
Kikuo Chishima (千島 喜久男, Chishima Kikuo; October 10, 1899 – October 23, 1978) was a Japanese medical researcher known for advocating a variant of the Soviet medical biologist Olga Lepeshinskaya's pseudoscientific cellular theories. His work in this field, referred to as neo-haematology, has been largely discredited.
Kayo Yamaguchi (山口 華楊, Yamaguchi Kayō; 3 October 1899 – 16 March 1984) was a Japanese painter specializing in the…
Kayo Yamaguchi (山口 華楊, Yamaguchi Kayō; 3 October 1899 – 16 March 1984) was a Japanese painter specializing in the Nihonga style of watercolour painting.
Shigeharu Matsumoto (松本 重治, Matsumoto Shigeharu; 1899–1989) was an internationalist. He was founder of the…
Shigeharu Matsumoto (松本 重治, Matsumoto Shigeharu; 1899–1989) was an internationalist. He was founder of the International House of Japan and a pioneer in building constructive relations between Japanese and others through shared knowledge of their diverse histories, needs and national aspirations. He was an influential journalist and an active participant in the internationalization of Japan in the latter part of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1980.
Matsutarō Kawaguchi (川口松太郎, Kawaguchi Matsutarō; 1 October 1899 – 9 June 1985) was a Japanese writer of short stories…
Matsutarō Kawaguchi (川口松太郎, Kawaguchi Matsutarō; 1 October 1899 – 9 June 1985) was a Japanese writer of short stories, novels, dramas and screenplays. He repeatedly collaborated on films of director Kenji Mizoguchi, and his books were adapted by directors such as Mikio Naruse and Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Tetsuzo Kojima (29 September 1909 – 10 January 1988) was a Japanese jurist who served as the minister of justice…
Tetsuzo Kojima (29 September 1909 – 10 January 1988) was a Japanese jurist who served as the minister of justice briefly between July and December 1960.
Cho Bong-am (Korean: 조봉암; Hanja: 曺奉岩, 25 September 1898 – 31 July 1959) was a Korean socialist independence activist…
Cho Bong-am (Korean: 조봉암; Hanja: 曺奉岩, 25 September 1898 – 31 July 1959) was a Korean socialist independence activist and politician, who ran for president in the South Korean presidential election in 1956. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Korea (조선공산당; 朝鮮共産黨) and the Progressive Party (진보당; 進步黨), a moderate socialist democratic party in South Korea which was one of the country's major political forces. In 1919, Cho Bong-am participated in March 1st Movement and was imprisoned for the duration of one year. Cho Bong-am studied in Japan and the Soviet Union. In the 1920s, he was active in the Korean Communist Party. After Japanese rule, Cho left the Communist Party in 1946, criticising it for its subservience to the Soviet Union. After the end of the United States Army Military Government in Korea in 1947, Cho became the Minister of Agriculture under Syngman Rhee's presidency. In 1952, Cho ran for the presidency for the first time against sitting president Rhee, and Yi Si-yeong. He received only 0.8 million votes out of 5.2 million. The left-liberal Progressive Party was founded in the aftermath of the Korean War under Cho's leadership. Cho and his followers were able to build a wide coalition with the country's leftist forces. Cho also successfully created coalitions with right-wing forces opposed to Syngman Rhee's dictatorship. The party's founding and moderate success in Korea's hostile political environment is considered a large result of Bong-am's personal charisma. The Progressive Party advocated peaceful unification with North Korea, through strengthening the country's democratic forces and winning in a unified Korean election. Cho called for both anti-communist and anti-authoritarian politics, as well as advocating for social welfare policies for the peasants and urban poor. In the 1956 election, Cho ran against Rhee, the anti-communist strongman president. Cho lost with 30% of the vote, which exceeded expectations. Following the election, the Progressive Party broke apart due to factionalism. Three years after the election, Cho was charged with espionage and receiving funds from North Korea. His first trial resulted in an acquittal but he was convicted in a second trial and was executed on 31 July 1959. His death sentence was posthumously overturned in 2011 by the South Korean Supreme Court.
🎓 Chuo University🏫 Seisoku Gakuen High School📅 Born September 25🎂 Born 1899📍 From Tokyo💼 Activist💼 Politician・Legislator
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Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi; 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more…
Takeshi Sakamoto (坂本武, Sakamoto Takeshi; 21 September 1899 – 10 May 1974) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1925 and 1965, mostly in productions of the Shōchiku studio. He gained popularity as a supporting character, working for directors such as Yasujirō Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, Hiroshi Shimizu, and Heinosuke Gosho.
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Akiko Seki (Japanese: 関鑑子) (September 8, 1899 in Tokyo – May 2, 1973 in Tokyo) was a Japanese soprano. She is commonly…
Akiko Seki (Japanese: 関鑑子) (September 8, 1899 in Tokyo – May 2, 1973 in Tokyo) was a Japanese soprano. She is commonly recognized as the founder of the movement of The Singing Voice of Japan (Japanese: 日本のうたごえ, Nihon no Utagoe / うたごえ運動, Utagoe-undō). In 1955 she was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize.
🎓 Tokyo University of the Arts🏫 Takehaya High School📅 Born September 8🎂 Born 1899📍 From Tokyo💼 Singer・Vocalist💼 Educator💼 Critic
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Tadahiko Shimazu (島津 忠彦, Shimazu Tadahiko; 30 August 1899 – 12 May 1980) or Tadahiko Shimadzu (Shimadzu Tadahiko) was a…
Tadahiko Shimazu (島津 忠彦, Shimazu Tadahiko; 30 August 1899 – 12 May 1980) or Tadahiko Shimadzu (Shimadzu Tadahiko) was a Japanese politician who served as a member of the National Diet.
🎓 Seikei University🏫 Kagoshima Prefectural Konan High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1899📍 From 鹿児島市清水町, Kagoshima Prefecture💼 Company President・Entrepreneur💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Imperial Family・Nobility (Kazoku)
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Mikinosuke Kawaishi (川石 酒造之助, Kawaishi Mikinosuke; born 13 August 1899 – 30 January 1969) was a Japanese master of judo…
Mikinosuke Kawaishi (川石 酒造之助, Kawaishi Mikinosuke; born 13 August 1899 – 30 January 1969) was a Japanese master of judo who achieved the rank of 7th Dan. He led the development of Judo in France, with Shozo Awazu, and much of Europe. He is credited with introducing the colored belt system for differentiating early grades. However, written accounts from the archives of London's Budokwai judo club, founded in 1918, record the use of colored judo belts at the 1926 9th annual Budokwai Display, and a list of ranked colored judokas appears in the Budokwai Committee Minutes of June 1927. Kawaishi visited London and the Budokwai in 1928, and was probably inspired to bring the colored belt system to France. The Fédération Française posthumously awarded him 10th Dan in judo and jujutsu.
Seiko Fujita (藤田 西湖, 10 February 1898 – 4 January 1966) was a prominent and highly respected member of Japan's martial…
Seiko Fujita (藤田 西湖, 10 February 1898 – 4 January 1966) was a prominent and highly respected member of Japan's martial arts community. An authority on Kobudō, the classical martial arts of Japan & the Ryukyu Islands, Fujita inherited Wada-ha Kōga-ryū Ninjutsu from his grandfather. Academically, he graduated from Nihon University in the department of Religious Studies. From 1922 onwards, Fujita was called upon to lecture at military academies across the country and was program director for ninjutsu studies at the Imperial Army Intelligence Academy (Nakano School / 陸軍中野学校). He compiled a library, the largest of its kind in private hands (now bequeathed to the Odawara City Library), and authored numerous books & instructional manuals.
Saburō Matsukata (松方 三郎, Matsukata Saburō; August 1, 1899 – September 15, 1973) of Japan, a journalist, businessman and…
Saburō Matsukata (松方 三郎, Matsukata Saburō; August 1, 1899 – September 15, 1973) of Japan, a journalist, businessman and mountaineer, served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and was the sixth President of the Boy Scouts of Japan, contributing to the success of the 13th World Scout Jamboree held August 2 to 10, 1971 on the western side of Mount Fuji.
🎓 Kyoto University📅 Born August 1🎂 Born 1899💼 Mountaineer💼 Journalist💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔, Itō Kisaku; 1 August 1899 – 31 March 1967) was a Japanese art director. He was born in Tokyo. He…
Kisaku Itō (伊藤 熹朔, Itō Kisaku; 1 August 1899 – 31 March 1967) was a Japanese art director. He was born in Tokyo. He developed a skill in drawing, and became among the most prominent set designers in Japanese cinema following World War II. He won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction for the 1953 film Ugetsu. In 1955, he served as art director for She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum.
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Teiso Esaki (江崎 梯三, Esaki Teizō; 15 July 1899 – 14 December 1957) was a Japanese entomologist. He authored numerous…
Teiso Esaki (江崎 梯三, Esaki Teizō; 15 July 1899 – 14 December 1957) was a Japanese entomologist. He authored numerous texts and was one of the founders of entomology in Japan, responsible for training a generation of Japanese entomologists, and founding the journal Zephyrus. He published numerous papers on the insects of Micronesia and was especially interested in aquatic insects and erected the family Helotrephidae along with W.E. China. Esaki was born in Tokyo and grew up in Osaka. He went to Seventh Higher School Zoshikan (now Kagoshima University) and went to Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo) in 1920 and received a Ph.D. in 1930. He worked extensively on the heteroptera and focused on the Micronesian region. From 1923 he taught at the College of Agriculture, Kyushu Imperial University, Fukuoka. He left the next year and lived in Europe for about four and half years during which time he learned to speak German, Hungarian, Italian, French and Esperanto. He worked with Geza Horvath on hemiptera at Budapest; in 1926, he worked at the Zoological Museum of Academy of Sciences of USSR in Leningrad. He married Charlotte Johanna Hermine Witte in Germany in 1928. They moved back to Japan in 1929 and he became a professor of entomology in 1930 at Kyushu University. In 1936 he became director of the Hikosan Biological Laboratory, established by baron Takachiho Nobumaro. His major contribution to entomology was the series Insects of Micronesia. He also founded the Japanese journal Zephyrus. A journal named Esakia was established in his name.
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Kaoru Maruyama Maruyama Kaoru (丸山 薫; June 8, 1899 – October 21, 1974) was a Japanese poet. His collected works were…
Kaoru Maruyama Maruyama Kaoru (丸山 薫; June 8, 1899 – October 21, 1974) was a Japanese poet. His collected works were translated by Robert Epp. He was the professor first in Tokyo and later at Aichi University. Ten Years, Fairy Country, and Heart of flowers are his best-known books. He is sometimes called "the poet of the sea".
Okamura Fuku (Japanese: 岡村ふく; June 3, 1899 – April 26, 1982), also known as Mother Helen Theresia, was a Japanese Roman…
Okamura Fuku (Japanese: 岡村ふく; June 3, 1899 – April 26, 1982), also known as Mother Helen Theresia, was a Japanese Roman Catholic nun born in the Empire of Japan. In 1944 she was the co-founder, with Fr. Vincent Totsuka Bunkyō (1892–1939, Bunkei Totsuka in some sources), of the Missionary Sisters of St. John the Evangelist, and Sakuramachi hospital. She was listed as the director in the early 1970s. Louis Massignon reported meeting her and her congregation in 1959 when he visited Sakuramachi hospital in Tokyo, and she is listed in his correspondence. In 1963, when she was mother superior, she received a national medal for her work with developmentally disabled people, and her role in founding Sakuramachi hospital with Fr. Totsuka.
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Kim Chon-hae (Korean: 김천해; Hanja: 金天海, Japanese reading: Kin Tenkai; 10 May 1898 – c. 1969) was a Zainichi Korean who…
Kim Chon-hae (Korean: 김천해; Hanja: 金天海, Japanese reading: Kin Tenkai; 10 May 1898 – c. 1969) was a Zainichi Korean who was a leading figure in the Japanese Communist Party and a founder of the pro-communist Chōren, predecessor of the modern Chongryon. He was subsequently a politician in North Korea, holding posts connected to the Workers' Party of Korea.
Yoshiya Tanoue (Japanese: 田上義也, Tanoue Yoshiya) was a Japanese architect. He was a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright. He…
Yoshiya Tanoue (Japanese: 田上義也, Tanoue Yoshiya) was a Japanese architect. He was a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright. He designed the Sakaushi residence in Otaru, Hokkaido, which was constructed in 1927. It is a blend of Japanese and western architecture.
📅 Born May 5🎂 Born 1899📍 From Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture💼 Architect・Architectural Scholar💼 Musician
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Ryōichi Sasakawa (笹川 良一, Sasakawa Ryōichi; May 4, 1899 – July 18, 1995) was a Japanese businessman, far-right…
Ryōichi Sasakawa (笹川 良一, Sasakawa Ryōichi; May 4, 1899 – July 18, 1995) was a Japanese businessman, far-right politician, suspected class A war criminal, and philanthropist. In the 1930s and during the Second World War, he was active both in finance and in politics, actively supporting the Japanese war effort. He served in the House of Representatives from 1942 to 1945. After Japan's defeat he was accused of war crimes and imprisoned for a time. After his release, he found financial success in various business ventures, including motorboat-racing gambling events (Kyōtei) and ship building. He supported anti-communist activities, including the World Anti-Communist League. In 1962 he founded the Nippon Foundation and became its first chairman. The foundation has done charitable work around the world, for which it and Sasakawa have received many official honors.
Satonari Tokugawa (徳川 達成, Tokugawa Satonari; May 3, 1899 – March 28, 1961) was a Japanese naval officer. He was the…
Satonari Tokugawa (徳川 達成, Tokugawa Satonari; May 3, 1899 – March 28, 1961) was a Japanese naval officer. He was the 10th head of the Tayasu branch of the Tokugawa clan. Born in Tokyo, Satonari was the eldest son of Count Tokugawa Satotaka. He went on to graduate from Tokyo Imperial University's engineering college. He held the rank of captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy prior to World War II, and subsequently worked for K. Hattori.
Gaijiro Fujishima (藤島亥治郎, Fujishima Gaijirō) (1 May 1899 – 15 July 2002), was a Japanese architectural historian. His…
Gaijiro Fujishima (藤島亥治郎, Fujishima Gaijirō) (1 May 1899 – 15 July 2002), was a Japanese architectural historian. His son, Yukihiko Fujishima, is a lecturer at Waseda University.
Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, Shirota Minoru; 23 April 1899 – 10 March 1982) was a Japanese microbiologist who made pioneering…
Minoru Shirota (代田 稔, Shirota Minoru; 23 April 1899 – 10 March 1982) was a Japanese microbiologist who made pioneering research on gut microbiota and developed the first commercial probiotic. In the 1930, he identified a strain of lactic acid bacteria that is part of normal gut flora that he originally called Lactobacillus casei Shirota, which appeared to help contain the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut. The species was later reclassified as Lactobacillus paracasei. Using his novel bacterium, Shirota produced the first probiotic yogurt, named Yakult in 1935. The commercial success of the beverage led to the establishment of the company Yakult Honsha and its subsidiary research organisation Yakult Central Institute in 1935.
🏫 Iida High School📅 Born April 23🎂 Born 1899📍 From Nagano Prefecture💼 Physician・Doctor💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Kazuo Mizutani (水谷一生, Mizutani Kazuo; April 22, 1899 – November 25, 1949) was chief of staff to Takeshi Mori, commander…
Kazuo Mizutani (水谷一生, Mizutani Kazuo; April 22, 1899 – November 25, 1949) was chief of staff to Takeshi Mori, commander of the First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II. Mizutani was in his office, listening to Col. Masataka Ida's explanation of a plot to prevent Japan's surrender, when Gen. Mori was killed by the lead conspirator, Maj. Kenji Hatanaka. He then went with Ida to the headquarters of the Eastern District Army to report the murder.
Genkei Masamune (正宗 厳敬, Masamune Genkei; 1899–1993) was a Japanese botanist.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Seventh Higher School📅 Born April 22🎂 Born 1899💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Hisao Kuroda (黒田 寿男, Kuroda Hisao; 14 April 1899 – 21 October 1986) was a Japanese peasant movement activist…
Hisao Kuroda (黒田 寿男, Kuroda Hisao; 14 April 1899 – 21 October 1986) was a Japanese peasant movement activist, politician, and lawyer. He was the first chairman of the Labourers and Farmers Party (founded in 1948) and a former member of the House of Representatives.
Tadashi Hyōdō (兵頭 精, Hyōdō Tadashi; April 6, 1899 – April 23, 1980) was the first Japanese woman to gain a pilot's…
Tadashi Hyōdō (兵頭 精, Hyōdō Tadashi; April 6, 1899 – April 23, 1980) was the first Japanese woman to gain a pilot's licence.
Yoshiaki Ozawa (小沢 儀明, Ozawa Yoshiaki) was a paleontologist and geologist. After graduating from the University of…
Yoshiaki Ozawa (小沢 儀明, Ozawa Yoshiaki) was a paleontologist and geologist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo (when Tokyo Imperial University in 1923, Ozawa was hired by faculty as an assistant and become a full-time lecturer next year. His early work earned him a fellowship in the Geological Society of Japan and proved that Akiyoshi plateau had a reverse stratigraphy. He became an associate professor in 1925 and got the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1926. The foraminifera genus "Staffella Ozawa" is named after him. Ozawa with his wife received a grant to travel to Europe (England, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France) and United States in 1927, collaborating with the Massachusetts researcher Joseph Augustine Cushman. During that period and after return to Japan Ozawa performed mostly foraminifera research, both gathering his own samples and analyzing samples of other researchers. Five months after his return in Japan, Ozawa contracted typhoid fever and died 29 December 1929. Afterward, the Geological Society of Japan established "The Geological Society of Japan Ozawa Yoshiaki Award" which is granted to young (under 37 years old) scientists for exceptional contribution to the field of geology.
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Hikawa High School📅 Born March 31🎂 Born 1899📍 From Yamanashi Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yuzuru Nozu (野津謙, Nozu Yuzuru; 12 March 1899 – 27 August 1983) was a Japanese footballer who made two appearances for…
Yuzuru Nozu (野津謙, Nozu Yuzuru; 12 March 1899 – 27 August 1983) was a Japanese footballer who made two appearances for Japan at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games.
Kiyoshi Ishikawa (石川 淳, Ishikawa Kiyoshi; 7 March 1899 – 29 December 1987), known by his pen name Jun Ishikawa (written…
Kiyoshi Ishikawa (石川 淳, Ishikawa Kiyoshi; 7 March 1899 – 29 December 1987), known by his pen name Jun Ishikawa (written in the same kanji), was a Japanese modernist author, translator and literary critic active during the Shōwa era.
🎓 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies🏫 Keika High School📅 Born March 7🎂 Born 1899📍 From 芥川賞💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Critic💼 Translator
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Seiichi Ueda (born 1 March 1899, date of death unknown) was a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the…
Seiichi Ueda (born 1 March 1899, date of death unknown) was a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the men's pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子, Yamazawa Eiko; February 19, 1899–July 16, 1995) was a renowned Japanese photographer. She is…
Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子, Yamazawa Eiko; February 19, 1899–July 16, 1995) was a renowned Japanese photographer. She is considered one of Japan's earliest women photographers and is among the few women photographers in Japan who were active both before and after World War II. First trained in Nihonga, she later studied photography in the U.S. under the mentorship of Consuelo Kanaga, and also exposed to the work of Kanaga's contemporaries such as Paul Strand and Edward Weston. After coming back to Japan in 1929, she established herself as a professional photographer. In 1931 she opened a portrait studio in Osaka, and in 1950 she established the Yamazawa Institute of Photography also in Osaka. In the early half of her career, Yamazawa was engaged in portraiture and commercial photography, having produced work for major Osaka department stores. In 1960 she shifted abstraction away from realism. Her work in this latter half of her career is characterized by her photographing art materials in distortion and reflection. Yamazawa's photographs were unique at the time for their use of vibrant color, which was in stark contrast to black and white photography championed by other Japanese photographers.
Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本 百合子; née Chūjō (中條); 13 February 1899 – 21 January 1951) was a Japanese novelist, short-story…
Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本 百合子; née Chūjō (中條); 13 February 1899 – 21 January 1951) was a Japanese novelist, short-story writer, social activist, and literary critic active during the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan. She is best known for her autobiographical fiction and involvement in proletarian and women's liberation movements. Miyamoto began writing while she was still in school. She traveled for several years to the United States and the Soviet Union before returning to Japan, where her works were heavily censored and she was imprisoned repeatedly for her political views. She founded and operated a number of proletarian and feminist magazines during her career, many of which were also censored. Her works include Nobuko, Banshū heiya (The Banshū Plain), Fūchisō (The Weathervane Plant), and other works of fiction and literary criticism. Much of her work is autobiographical and centers around themes of war, class, and gender relations. She and her husband, Miyamoto Kenji, continue to be honored by the Japanese Left for their vision and commitment toward Japanese women and the working class.
🏫 Ochanomizu University Senior High School📅 Born February 13🎂 Born 1899📍 From 民主主義文学💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Critic
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Tsunei Kusunose (楠瀬 常猪, Kusunose Tsunei; 10 February 1899 – 18 June 1988) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from…
Tsunei Kusunose (楠瀬 常猪, Kusunose Tsunei; 10 February 1899 – 18 June 1988) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from October 1945 to November 1950. Kusunose was appointed to his position as governor at a time when the city of Hiroshima was in destruction following the first use of the nuclear bomb in August 1945. He was appointed by the Japanese government to fill that position upon the expiration of the appointment of his predecessor Genshin Takano. In 1947 he was elected to the same position and thus became the first elected governor of Hiroshima Prefecture. As part of his efforts to reconstruct the city, he held on 22 February 1946, a conference on the future of Hiroshima with the participation of historian Yoshirō Saeki, novelist Yoko Ota, deputy Mayor of Kure Tomiko Koura and others. As governor, he followed a policy of refraining from antagonizing the US military authorities in control of Hiroshima at the time, and supported the suppression by US and Australian troops of the workers' strike in June 1949 in protest of the dismissal of workers of Nihon Seiko company, an event known as the Nikko Incident. In 1950, he resigned his post as governor to run for a vacant seat in the House of Councillors. He was elected, and served until losing in the 1953 election. During his term in the House of Councillors, in 1952, was one of the initiators of a visit of sympathy by a group of survivors of the atomic attack on Hiroshima to the war criminals kept at Sugamo Prison. Died in 1988 of heart failure.
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Nakatarō Takamizawa (高見澤 仲太郎, Takamizawa Nakatarō; February 10, 1899 – December 12, 1989), better known by the pen name…
Nakatarō Takamizawa (高見澤 仲太郎, Takamizawa Nakatarō; February 10, 1899 – December 12, 1989), better known by the pen name Suihō Tagawa (田河 水泡, Tagawa Suihō), was a Japanese manga artist.
Hideto Kishida (6 February 1899 – 3 May 1966) was a Japanese architect. His work was part of the architecture event in…
Hideto Kishida (6 February 1899 – 3 May 1966) was a Japanese architect. His work was part of the architecture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Abraham Setsuzō Kotsuji (小辻 節三, Kotsuji Setsuzō; 1899, Kyoto – 31 October 1973) was a Japanese Orientalist and…
Abraham Setsuzō Kotsuji (小辻 節三, Kotsuji Setsuzō; 1899, Kyoto – 31 October 1973) was a Japanese Orientalist and Hebraist, the son of a Shinto priest from a long line of priests. During the Holocaust he assisted Jewish refugees—first in Kobe and later in Japanese-occupied Shanghai—and spoke out against Nazi-inspired anti-Jewish propaganda. A Japanese-language biography about his aid to refugees was written by actor Jundai Yamada and published in 2013 by NHK Shuppan. He converted to Judaism in 1959, having earlier converted from Shinto to Christianity in his youth. In his memoir From Tokyo to Jerusalem he described his religious journey and lifelong engagement with Hebrew and the Bible. He first encountered Jews while working for the South Manchuria Railroad Company during World War II.
🎓 Meiji Gakuin University📅 Born February 3🎂 Born 1899💼 Linguist💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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