Kaoru Hatoyama

Kaoru Hatoyama
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Japan
Personal details
Born	1888
Died	1982
Spouse	Ichirō Hatoyama
Children	Iichirō Hatoyama
Occupation	educator and administrator

Kaoru Hatoyama (鳩山 薫, Hatoyama Kaoru, 1888–1982) was an educator and an administrator, the schoolmaster of Kyoritsu Women's University, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko Hatoyama. She is well known as the wife of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd–54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through December 23, 1956. She was the mother of Iichirō Hatoyama, who was Japan's Foreign Minister from 1976 through 1977.

After the elections of 2009, she became more widely known as the grandmother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his politician brother Kunio Hatoyama.

See also

• Hatoyama Hall (Hatoyama Kaikan)

References

• Itoh, Mayumi (2003). The Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership through the Generations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-403-96331-2, ISBN 978-1-403-96331-4. OCLC 248918078.

External links

• Hatoyama Hall official website Template:Ja icon