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Former residence of Itō Hirobumi in Hagi. The house where Itō lived from age 14 in Hagi after his father was adopted by Itō Naoemon still exists, and is preserved as a museum. It is a one-story house with a thatched roof and a gabled roof, with a total floor area of 29 tsubo and is located 150 meters south of the Shōkasonjuku Academy.
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet.This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day.
First Itō Cabinet Portfolio Minister Political party Term start Term end Prime Minister: Count Itō Hirobumi: Independent December 22, 1885 April 30, 1888 Minister for Foreign Affairs: Count Inoue Kaoru: Independent December 22, 1885 September 17, 1887 Count Itō Hirobumi (acting) Independent September 17, 1887 February 1, 1888 Count Ōkuma ...
An Jung-geun (Korean: 안중근; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910) was a Korean independence activist. [1] He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served as the first prime minister of Japan and Japanese Resident-General of Korea.
Itō Hirobumi became the first Japanese prime minister in 1885 and is the only person to have served on four separate occasions. Shinzo Abe is the longest-serving prime minister with over eight years on two separate occasions, while Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni is the shortest-serving at eight weeks.
The office was replaced in 1885 with the appointment of Itō Hirobumi to the new position of Minister President of State, [7] four years before the enactment of the Meiji Constitution, which mentions neither the Cabinet nor the position of Prime Minister explicitly. [8] [9] It took its current form with the adoption of the Constitution of Japan ...
Second Itō Cabinet Portfolio Minister Political party Term start Term end Prime Minister: Marquess Itō Hirobumi: Independent August 8, 1892 August 31, 1896 Minister for Foreign Affairs: Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu: Independent August 8, 1892 May 30, 1896 Marquess Saionji Kinmochi: Independent May 30, 1896 August 31, 1896 Minister of Home Affairs
Third Itō Cabinet Portfolio Minister Political party Term start Term end Prime Minister: Marquess Itō Hirobumi: Independent January 12, 1898 June 30, 1898 Minister for Foreign Affairs: Baron Nishi Tokujirō: Independent January 12, 1898 June 30, 1898 Minister of Home Affairs: Viscount Yoshikawa Akimasa: Independent January 12, 1898 June 30, 1898