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| Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 |
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| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 10 December 1954 – 23 December 1956 |
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| Monarch | Shōwa |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Succeeded by | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1883 |
| Died | 7 March 1959 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955–1959) |
| Other political affiliations |
Friends of Constitutional Government (Before 1945) Liberal Party (1945–1950) Democratic Party (1950–1955) |
| Children | Iichiro Hatoyama |
| Religion | Baptist |
Ichirō Hatoyama (鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō, January 1, 1883 – March 7, 1959) was a Japanese politician and the 52nd,[1] 53rd and 54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through March 19, 1955,[2] from then to November 22, 1955,[3] and from then through December 23, 1956.[4]
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[edit] Personal life
Ichirō Hatoyama was, as his name indicates, the firstborn boy. He was born into a wealthy cosmopolitan family in Tokyo. His father Kazuo Hatoyama (1856–1911) was a Yale graduate (and Speaker of the House of Representatives) and his mother Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938) was a famous author and the founder of Kyoritsu Women's University.[5]
Ichirō was a Master Mason and a Protestant Christian (Baptist). He was Japan's third postwar Christian Prime Minister.[6]
Iichirō Hatoyama, Ichirō's only son, made a career for himself as a civil servant in the Budget Bureau of the Finance Ministry. Iichirō retired after having achieved the rank of administrative Vice Minister. In his second career in politics, he rose to become Foreign Minister of Japan in 1976–1977.[7]
One of Ichirō's grandsons, Yukio Hatoyama, became Prime Minister in 2009 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.
[edit] Political career
Ichirō was elected to the House of Representatives as a Rikken Seiyūkai member in 1915. He was about to become prime minister in 1946, but was barred from politics for five years by Supreme Commander Allied Powers because they thought he had co-operated with the authoritarian government in the 1930s and 1940s.[8] He was allowed to return in 1951. As prime minister, he rebuilt diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union,[9] and favored parole for some of the Class A war criminals who had been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Tokyo Trial.[10]
CIA files that were declassified in 2005 and then publicized in January 2007 by the U.S. National Archives detail a plot by ultranationalists to assassinate then prime minister Shigeru Yoshida and install a more hawkish government led by Ichirō Hatoyama in 1952.[11] The plot was never carried out.
[edit] See also
- Hatoyama family
- Hatoyama Hall (Hatoyama kaikan)
- Hatomander
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jorden, William J. "Hatoyama Named Premier of Japan; Brief Rule Seen; Democrats' Leader Is Chosen After Pledge to Socialists of Elections in Spring", The New York Times. December 10, 1954; "Hatoyama Reaches Lifelong Goal That Twice Before Eluded Him; Premiership Denied Him First by Japan's Pre-War Militarists and Then by Allied Occupation Authorities", The New York Times. December 10, 1954.
- ^ Trumbull, Robert. "Hatoyama Regime Victor as Japan Elects New House; Democratic Party Premier Due to Keep His Post -- Poll Sets a Record; Hatoyama Leads in Japanese Vote", The New York Times. February 28, 1955.
- ^ Trumbull, Robert. "Japan's Rightists will Unite Today; Democrats and Liberals Will Merge -- Present Premier Will Be Re-elected Nov. 22", The New York Times. November 15, 1955.
- ^ "Ishibashi Is Chosen Japanese Premier", The New York Times. December 20, 1956
- ^ "Hatoyama Ichiro (prime minister of Japan)". Britannica.com. 1959-03-07. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/256876/Hatoyama-Ichiro. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ^ "JAPAN: Land of the Reluctant Sparrows". TIME. March 14, 1955. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807086-7,00.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29.; "Tokyo Storm Center; Ichiro Hatoyama Likes Hymn-Singing", The New York Times. October 18, 1956.
- ^ "Iichiro Hatoyama; Ex-Foreign Minister, 75" (obituary), The New York Times. December 20, 1993.
- ^ Crane, Burton. "Hatoyama Barred by MacArthur Order; Directive Forbidding Him to Take Diet Seat Rules Him Out as Japan's Premier", The New York Times. May 4, 1946; Crane, Burton. "Hatoyama Voices Surprise at Order; Challenges Ground Upon Which He Is Barred From Holding Office in Japan", The New York Times. May 5, 1946.
- ^ Jorden, William J. "Hatoyama Takes Plea to Bulganin; Return of Some Isles Urged at Moscow Peace Parley --Treaty Reported Near Goodwill Aspect Stressed", The New York Times. October 18, 1956.
- ^ Trumbull, Robert. "Japan Urges U.S. Free War Guilty; Continued Appeals Are Based Largely on Dire Straits of Prisoners' Families", The New York Times. June 21, 1955.
- ^ "CIA Papers Reveal Japan Coup Plot". Military.com. http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,126978,00.html?ESRC=topstories.RSS. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
[edit] References
- Itoh, Mayumi (2003). The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership through the Generations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN-10: 1-403-96331-2, ISBN-13: 978-1-403-96331-4. OCLC 248918078.
- Saunavaara, Juha (September 28, 2009). "Occupation Authorities, the Hatoyama Purge and the Making of Japan’s Postwar Political Order". The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 39-2-09.
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Shigeru Yoshida |
Prime Minister of Japan 1954–1956 |
Succeeded by Tanzan Ishibashi |
| Preceded by Ryūzō Tanaka |
Minister of Education 1931–1934 |
Succeeded by Makoto Saitō |
| Preceded by Seiji Tsukamoto |
Chief Cabinet Secretary 1927–1929 |
Succeeded by Fujiya Suzuki |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Himself Taketora Ogata Bukichi Miki Bamboku Ōno |
President of the Liberal Democratic Party 1956 |
Succeeded by Tanzan Ishibashi |
| New political party | President of the Liberal Democratic Party 1955–1956 Served alongside: Taketora Ogata, Bukichi Miki, Bamboku Ōno |
Succeeded by Himself |
| New political party | President of the Japan Democratic Party 1954–1955 |
"conservative merger" with Liberal Party |
| New political party | President of the Liberal Party 1945–1946 (purged) |
Succeeded by Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by Kisaburō Suzuki |
Acting President of Rikken Seiyūkai 1937–1939 Served alongside: Yonezō Maeda, Toshio Shimada, Chikuhei Nakajima |
Succeeded by Fusanosuke Kuhara Chikuhei Nakajima |
| House of Representatives of Japan | ||
| Preceded by Sanzō Nosaka ... |
Representative for Tokyo's 1st district (multi-member) 1952–1959 Served alongside: Inejirō Asanuma, several others |
Succeeded by Seiichirō Yasui ... |
| New title New constituency
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Representative for Tokyo's 1st district (multi-member) 1946–1946 (purged)/1947 Served alongside: Inejirō Asanuma, Sanzō Nosaka numerous others |
District eliminated |
| New title New constituency
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Representative for Tokyo's 2nd district (multi-member) 1928–1943 (retired)/1946 Served alongside: Isoo Abe, Takeru Inukai, numerous others |
District eliminated |
| New title New constituency
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Representative for Tokyo's 10th district 1920–1928 |
District eliminated |
| Preceded by Masutarō Takagi ... |
Representative for Tokyo's Tokyo city district (multi-member) 1915–1920 Served alongside: Bukichi Miki, Keikichi Tanomogi, numerous others |
District eliminated |
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