Jinsuke Kageyama (影山 任佐, Kageyama Jinsuke; born 3 February 1948) is a Japanese psychiatrist. His specialties are…Jinsuke Kageyama (影山 任佐, Kageyama Jinsuke; born 3 February 1948) is a Japanese psychiatrist. His specialties are criminal psychopathology, psychiatric history, clinical psychiatry and mental health studies. He is Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Institute of Technology and a winner of the Prize of the Japanese Association of Criminology (2002).
Takehiko Furuta (August 8, 1926 – October 14, 2015) was a Japanese history of ideas scholar, ancient history…Takehiko Furuta (August 8, 1926 – October 14, 2015) was a Japanese history of ideas scholar, ancient history fabricator, conspiracy theorist, and former professor at Showa Pharmaceutical University. He specialized in Shinran and other medieval Japanese philosophical history and conspiracy theory. He proposed the highly controversial Kyushu dynasty theory, to little academic acclaim.
Shun-ichi Iwasaki (岩崎 俊一, Iwasaki Shun’ichi; 3 August 1926 – 25 July 2025) was a Japanese engineer. He was professor at…Shun-ichi Iwasaki (岩崎 俊一, Iwasaki Shun’ichi; 3 August 1926 – 25 July 2025) was a Japanese engineer. He was professor at Tohoku University and then became president and of Tohoku Institute of Technology. He was also a professor at Lanzhou University (China). Iwasaki's pioneering work on perpendicular magnetic recording has been integral to the development of modern hard disk drives.
Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉, Kubo Inokichi; 26 December 1874 – 12 November 1939) was a Japanese pioneer of…Inokichi Kubo (久保 猪之吉, Kubo Inokichi; 26 December 1874 – 12 November 1939) was a Japanese pioneer of otorhinolaryngology and professor at Fukuoka Medical School (now part of Kyushu University). He graduated from The Medical School of Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝国大学医科大学, Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku Ika Daigaku) in 1900, and went on an overseas study program to Gustav Killian at University of Freiburg in 1903. Four years later he returned to Japan, where he took up the post of professor at Fukuoka Medical School. His wife, Yorie (より江), was a haiku poet from Matsuyama. As Kubo was also a well-known poet, their home in Fukuoka soon became the social center for poets in Northern Kyushu while attracting poets and novelists from afar. One of his patients was the poet Takashi Nagatsuka. Kubo was one of the pioneers of otorhinolaryngology in Japan, and was selected as a representative of his country for the first International Congress of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology at Copenhagen (1913). In 1934 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur. Kubo was famous for his Haiku (俳句)- and Waka (和歌)-poetry, started as a pupil of Kyoshi Takahama. As a poet he found a mentor in Naobumi Ochiai, with Saishu Onoe formed Ikazuchi kai, and created friendship with Byakuren Yanagihara. In February 1913, Kubo began publishing a magazine "Enigma" (『エニグマ』) for his circle of poets and haiku. It was in its May issue that Byakuren Yanagihara contributed her work "Hitou" (『緋桃』) (Himomo, peach flowers in bright pink), and in the same issue, Kubo and his wife also published their workes as well; Inokichi "Aruto Haideruberuku ni tsuite" (『「アルトハイデルベルク」に就いて』) (Thinking about 'Alt-Heidelberg') and Yorie "Tsukushi kudari" (『筑紫下り』) (Sailing down Tsukushi river). There is a small museum at Kyushu University honouring his achievements.
Shinzō Shinjō (新城 新蔵, Shinjō Shinzō; 26 August 1873 – 1 August 1938) was a Japanese academic, physicist, astronomer and…Shinzō Shinjō (新城 新蔵, Shinjō Shinzō; 26 August 1873 – 1 August 1938) was a Japanese academic, physicist, astronomer and president of Kyoto University.
Baron Yamakawa Kenjirō (山川 健次郎; 9 September 1854 – 26 June 1931) was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist…Baron Yamakawa Kenjirō (山川 健次郎; 9 September 1854 – 26 June 1931) was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also served as a Privy Councilor and a member of the House of Peers. Though his name is commonly written "Yamakawa," he himself wrote it as "Yamagawa" in English.
