French version
Yoshida Shigeru吉田茂alternative words: Shigeru Yoshida keywords: statesman related web sites: http://homepage1.nifty.com/anecs/social/people/nihon-today/yoshida-shigeru.htm explanation: Born in 1878 as a son of Takenouchi Tsuna and soon adopted by Yoshida Kenzo. After graduated at Tokyo university, he became a diplomat, but due to his pro Anglo-Saxon stance, he was forced by militaries to retire. After Japanese defeat, he resurfaced in politics and became 5 times prime minister between 1946 and 1954, collaborating American occupation. He signed San Francisco treaty in 1951 as chief delegate and tracked a Japanese pro American policy of post war period. | |