Gotō Shinpei
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Count Gotō Shinpei (後藤 新平, 24 July 1857 – 13 April 1929) was a Japanese politician, physician and cabinet minister of the Taishō and early Shōwa period Empire of Japan. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Japanese Taiwan, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo City, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first Director-General of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and in a number of cabinet posts. Gotō was one of the most important politicians and administrators in Japanese national government during a time of modernization and reform in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[1]
Gotō Shinpei | |||||
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Born | (1857-07-24)24 July 1857 Isawa District, Iwate, Japan | ||||
Died | 13 April 1929(1929-04-13) (aged 71) Kyoto, Japan | ||||
Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||
Occupation(s) | Politician, physician | ||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 後藤 新平 | ||||
Hiragana | ごとう しんぺい | ||||
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