Yoshishige Abe | |
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安倍 能成 | |
Born | Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan | December 23, 1883
Died | June 7, 1966 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 82)
Resting place | Tokei-ji, Kamakura, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Occupation(s) | Educator, politician, cabinet minister |
Awards | Yomiuri Prize (1958) |
Yoshishige Abe (安倍 能成, Abe Yoshishige, 23 December 1883 – 7 June 1966) was a philosopher, educator, and statesman in Shōwa period Japan. As Minister of Education in the immediate post-war era, he oversaw major reforms to the Japanese educational system.