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Keizō Shibusawa | |
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Minister of Finance of Japan | |
In office 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Kijūrō Shidehara |
Preceded by | Juichi Tsushima |
Succeeded by | Tanzan Ishibashi |
16th Governor of the Bank of Japan | |
In office 18 March 1944 – 9 October 1945 | |
Prime Minister | Hideki Tojo Kuniaki Koiso Kantaro Suzuki Naruhiko Higashikuni |
Preceded by | Toyotarō Yūki |
Succeeded by | Eikichi Araki |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | August 25, 1896
Died | October 25, 1963 | (aged 67)
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Viscount Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢 敬三, Shibusawa Keizō, August 25, 1896 – October 25, 1963) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, philanthropist and folklorist. He was the 16th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.[2]
Shibusawa was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.[3] He left the bank to serve as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Kijūrō Shidehara in 1945-1946.[4]
The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.[2]
Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.[5]