Tanzan Ishibashi

Prime Minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957

Key facts

Monarch: Hirohito
Preceded by: Ichirō Hatoyama
Succeeded by: Nobusuke Kishi
Vice president: Banboku Ōno
Secretary general: Takeo Miki
Prime minister: Himself
Constituency: Shizuoka 2nd
Born: Seizō Sugita , ( 1884-09-25 ) 25 September 1884, Takanawa, Tokyo , Japan
Died: 25 April 1973 (1973-04-25) (aged 88), Tokyo , Japan
Party: LDP (1955–1973)
Other political affiliations: JLP (1945–1948), DLP (1948–1950), LP (1950–1953), LP–H (1953–1954), JDP (1954–1955)
Spouse: Ume Iwai ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1912 ; died 1971 )
Alma mater: Waseda University

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Japan
Place of death: Osaka
Occupation: journalist
Position held: Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission
Political party: Liberal Democratic Party
Languages spoken: Japanese
Native language: Japanese
Religion: Nichiren Shū
Award: Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Military branch: Imperial Japanese Army
Military rank: sub-lieutenant
Image: Tanzan Ishibashi.jpg

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writing language: Japanese
Commons category: Tanzan Ishibashi
date of birth: 1884-09-25
date of death: 1973-04-25
name in kana: いしばしたんざん
name in native language: 石橋湛山
cause of death: cerebral infarction
place of burial: Kuon-ji Temple
ethnic group: Japanese people
birth name: 石橋省三
manner of death: natural causes

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Encyclopedic overview

Tanzan Ishibashi (石橋湛山, Ishibashi Tanzan; 25 September 1884 – 25 April 1973) was a Japanese journalist and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1956 to 1957.

Born in Tokyo, Ishibashi became a journalist after graduating from Waseda University in 1907. In 1911, he joined the Tōyō Keizai Shimpo ("Eastern Economic Journal") and served as its editor-in-chief from 1925 to 1946 and president from 1941. In the 1930s, Ishibashi was one of the few critics of Japanese imperialism, and became well known as a liberal economist. From 1946 to 1947, Ishibashi served as finance minister under Shigeru Yoshida. He was elected into the National Diet in 1947, but was purged for openly opposing the U.S. occupation policies; he returned to the Diet in 1952, after which he allied with Ichiro Hatoyama and served as his minister of international trade and industry. Ishibashi succeeded Hatoyama as prime minister in 1956, simultaneously serving as director of the Defense Agency, but resigned soon after due to ill health.

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