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Keizo Shibusawa

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Japanese businessman, philanthropist and folklorist
Keizō Shibusawa
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office
9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
Prime MinisterKijūrō Shidehara
Preceded byJuichi Tsushima
Succeeded byTanzan Ishibashi
16th Governor of the Bank of Japan
In office
18 March 1944 – 9 October 1945
Prime MinisterHideki Tojo
Kuniaki Koiso
Kantaro Suzuki
Naruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded byToyotarō Yūki
Succeeded byEikichi Araki
Personal details
Born(1896年08月25日)August 25, 1896
Tokyo, Japan
DiedOctober 25, 1963(1963年10月25日) (aged 67)
Alma mater Tokyo Imperial University

Viscount Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢 敬三, Shibusawa Keizō, August 25, 1896 – October 25, 1963) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, philanthropist and folklorist. He was the 16th governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Early life

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Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.[2]

Career

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Shibusawa was governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.[3] He left the bank to serve as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Kijūrō Shidehara in 1945–1946.[4]

The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.[2]

Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.[5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bank of Japan (BOJ), 16th Governor
  2. ^ a b Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese Banking: a History, 1859-1959, p. 187, p. 187, at Google Books
  3. ^ BOJ, List of Governors; Werner, Richard A. (2003). Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy, p. 147, p. 147, at Google Books
  4. ^ "Major Posts Filled in Jap Cabinet; Shaping Into Conservative Body," The Argus (Australia). 9 October 1945, p. 1; retrieved 2011年08月21日
  5. ^ Izumi Koide. "Mining for Information Gold: How to get at it?" p. 2, Association for Asian Studies (AAS) conference, April 2, 2005; retrieved 2011年08月22日

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Finance
1945–1946
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of the Bank of Japan
1944–1945
Succeeded by
Minister of Finance (大蔵卿, Ōkura-kyō)
under the Daijōkan system of the Meiji Government
Minister of Finance (大蔵大臣, Ōkura Daijin)
under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan
Minister of Finance (大蔵大臣, Ōkura Daijin)
under the Constitution of Japan
Minister of Finance (財務大臣, Zaimu Daijin)
Italics denote acting Ministers of Finance


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