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Takahashi Korekiyo
Takahashi Korekiyo

Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清 Takahashi Korekiyo) (July 27, 1854February 26, 1936) was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from November 13, 1921 to June 12, 1922. He was known as an expert of finance during his political career. Image File history File links 20_TakahashiK.jpg Takahashi Korekiyo(1854-1936) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Image File history File links 20_TakahashiK.jpg Takahashi Korekiyo(1854-1936) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Prime Minister of Japan (内閣総理大臣 Naikaku sōri daijin) is the English political nomenclature of the head of government of Japan. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


He was born in Tokyo and adopted by Takahashi, a samurai serving to the Date clan in Sendai. He studied English and American culture in a private school of Hepburn. He went abroad with a son of Katsu Kaishu and studied in London. After he went back to Japan, he became the first master of a high school named Kyoritsu gakko in Tokyo, today Kaisei Highschool and at the same time worked a governmental bureaucrat. He worked in the Ministry of Education, later the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. He was appointed as the first chief of Bureau of Patent which was founded as a external part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and organized the patent system in Japan. Once he resigned the governmental office and went to Peru for enterprise but failed. After he returned to Japan, he was appointed as the vice president of the Bank of Japan and later the president. On the Russo-Japanese War, his acquaintance in London helped him to sell war bond in abroad. View of Tokyos Shibuya district Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... Katsu Kaishu (勝 海舟 Katsu Kaishū, 1823-99) was a stateman in Japan in the late shogunate period who held an important part in the Tokugawa shogunate in rare occasions. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... The Bank of Japan has its headquarters in this building in Tokyo. ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Commanders Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 125,000 Killed or Wounded 85,000 Killed or Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The Russo...


In 1913 he was appointed as the minister of finance by the prime minister Yamamoto Gonnohyoe and then join the party Rikkenseiyukai. He was appointed to the same office by Hara Takashi in 1918. After Hara was assassinated in 1921, Takahashi was appointed both prime minister and the party's president. But numerous members of the party were very upset; and Takahashi, not having handled the resulting conflicts very well, resigned the prime minister's office after less than a year. 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyoe (山本権兵衛 October 15, 1852–December 8, 1933, also called Gonbei) was a Japanese military leader and the 16th (February 20, 1913–April 16, 1914) and 22nd (September 2, 1923–January 7, 1924) Prime Minister of Japan. ... Rikkenseiyukai (立憲政友会) is a political party in Japan founded in 1890 by Count Itō Hirobumi. ... Hara Takashi (原 敬 February 9, 1856–November 4, 1921) was a Japanese politician and the 19th Prime Minister of Japan from September 29, 1918 to November 4, 1921. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


After resigning, Takahashi was still the president of the party. Later he formed a coalition with Seiyukai. When Kato Takaaki became the prime minister and set up a coalition cabinet, Takahashi became the minister of agriculture and commerce. Rikkenseiyukai (Friends of Constitutional Government, 立憲政友会) is a political party in Japan founded in 1890 by Count Itō Hirobumi. ... Kato Takaaki Katō Takaaki (加藤 高明 January 3, 1860–January 28, 1926) was a Japanese politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Japan from June 11, 1924 to January 28, 1926. ...


In 1934 Takahashi was appointed as the finance minister by his former student Okada Keisuke. Takahashi tried to reduce military expenditures, and this financial policy made opponents in the military offices. He was among those murdered by rebelling military officers in the February 26 Incident. Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke January 20, 1868–October 17, 1952) was a Japanese politician and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan from July 8, 1934 to March 9, 1936. ... The February 26 Incident (二・二六事件 Ni-niroku jiken) was an uprising against the Japanese government that took place in 1936. ...

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Takahashi Korekiyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (683 words)
Takahashi was born in Edo (present day Tokyo) as the illegitimate son of a court painter in residence at Edo Castle, and adopted into the samurai-class Takahashi family, who were retainers to the Date daimyo of Sendai.
Takahashi continued to serve as Finance Minister under the administrations of Tanaka Giichi (1927-1929), Inukai Tsuyoshi (1931-1932), Saito Makoto (1932-1934) and Okada Keisuke (1934-1936).
Takahashi · To. Kato · Yamamoto (2nd) · Kiyoura ;· Ta. Kato · Wakatsuki ;· G. Tanaka · Hamaguchi ;· Wakatsuki (2nd) · Inukai Saito Okada Hirota Hayashi Konoe Hiranuma ;· N. Abe · Yonai ;· Konoe (2nd) · Tojo Koiso ;· K. Suzuki · Prince Higashikuni Shidehara Yoshida Katayama Ashida ;· Yoshida (2nd) · Hatoyama Ishibashi Kishi Ikeda Sato ;· K. Tanaka · Miki Fukuda Ohira ;· Z. Suzuki · Nakasone Takeshita Uno Kaifu Miyazawa Hosokawa Hata Murayama Hashimoto Obuchi Mori Koizumi ;· S. Abe
Takahashi Korekiyo at AllExperts (442 words)
Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋是清 Takahashi Korekiyo) (July 27 1854â€"February 26 1936) was a Japanese politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Japan from November 13 1921 to June 12 1922.
He was born in Tokyo and adopted by Takahashi, a samurai serving to the Date clan in Sendai.
In 1934 Takahashi was appointed as the finance minister by his former student Okada Keisuke.
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