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Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School
Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School is a co-educational public senior high school located in Kumamoto, Kumamoto prefecture. It is one of the Super Global High Schools in Japan. Notable alumni Academic * Einosuke Harada * Jun-Ichiro Mukai * Kang Sang-jung Fine Art * Tetsuya Noda Politics * Adachi Kenzō * Korekiyo Otsuka * Toshio Ōtsu * Morio Takahashi * Toshikatsu Matsuoka was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2006 until his suicide in 2007 amid a financial scandal. Early life and education He was born in Aso, Kumamoto, Kyūshū on 25 February 1945. His ... * Minoru Kihara References External links Seiseiko High School {{coord missing, Kumamoto Prefecture Kumamoto Schools in Kumamoto Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumamoto
is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, as of the 2000 census. , Kumamoto Metropolitan Employment Area has a GDP of US$39.8 billion. It is not considered part of the Fukuoka–Kitakyushu metropolitan area, despite their shared border. The city was designated on April 1, 2012, by government ordinance. History Early modern period Shokuhō period Katō Kiyomasa, a contemporary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was made ''daimyō'' of half of the (old) administrative region of Higo in 1588. Afterwards, Kiyomasa built Kumamoto Castle. Due to its many innovative defensive designs, Kumamoto Castle was considered impenetrable, and Kiyomasa enjoyed a reputation as one of the finest castle-builders in Japanese history. Edo period After Kiyomasa died in 1611, his son, Tadahiro, succeeded him. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einosuke Harada
was a Japanese ophthalmologist who reported a condition now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. Career He was born in Goryo, Amakusa District, Kumamoto Prefecture in 1892 and grew up in Taragi, Kuma District, and Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture. While attending the Medical Faculty, Tokyo Imperial University, he became an army-doctor-to-be. He graduated from Tokyo University in 1917. After studying internal medicine, he entered the Department of Ophthalmology under Shinobu Ishihara in January, 1922. In December 1922, he first reported "A case of acute diffuse choroiditis with retinal detachment" at a meeting of ophthalmologists in Tokyo; this work became a paper in 1926,Addentum to the clinical findings on non-suppurative chorioititis (on acute diffuse chorioiditis). Acta Societatis ophthalmologicae Japonicae, (Nihon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi), 1926, 30: 356-378. recognized for its comprehensive description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease. He later wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun-Ichiro Mukai
Jun-Ichiro Mukai (September 30, 1931 - January 5, 1998) is a Japanese biochemist, emeritus professor at faculty of agriculture, Kyushu University. Academic works Mukai won the agricultural chemistry prize (Japan) for A Digestive Endonuclease of Silkworm in 1967. Mukai is a co-author of Fritz Albert Lipmann. Life Mukai was born as a son of Sannoju Mukai. After graduating Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseikou High School in Kumamoto, he admitted to Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu. It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design .... He received Ph.D. from Kyushu University. After that, he became an assistant professor, then professor of Kyushu University. After retirement of Kyushu University, he was a professor of a junior college in Kumamoto, but died on January 5, 1998. Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang Sang-jung
Kang Sang-jung (Hangul: 강상중, Hanja: 姜尙中; Japanese name - which Kang used until his undergraduate days - Nagano Tetsuo (永野鉄男) 1950) is a second-generation Zainichi Korean political scientist, writer and public commentator. He has been an academic at several Japanese universities including the University of Tokyo (1996-2013), and President of Seigakuin University (2013-2015). He is currently Chairman of the Board of Kumamoto Prefectural Theatre. Biography The third son of a Korean migrant from the Masan area of Korea, Kang was born and grew up in Kumamoto in Kyūshū. He has described his childhood experiences in his autobiography "Zainichi", published in 1994. After studying at Waseda University, he was an exchange student at the University of Nurnberg, Erlangen in the then West Germany. His encounters with the families of migrant workers in Germany had a lasting influence on his understanding of Zainichi Korean identity. After returning to Japan, he was involve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Noda
is a contemporary artist, printmaker and educator. Government of Japan, Embassy of Japan in the UK (event). He is widely considered to be Japan’s most important living print-artist, and one of the most successful contemporary print artists in the world."Noda Tetsuya, Art Institute Chicago" He is a professor emeritus of the Tokyo University of the Arts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adachi Kenzō
was a statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Biography Adachi was the son of a samurai in the service of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto Domain. After the Meiji Restoration, he studied at the academy founded by Sasaki Tokifusa in Kumamoto. In 1894, during the First Sino-Japanese War he travelled to Korea, initially as a free-lance war correspondent, but soon established two Japanese-language newspapers, the ''Chōsen Jihō'' and the ''Keijō Shimpō''. He was later charged with being one of the central instigators and organizers of the assassination of Korean Empress Myeongseong, along with Miura Gorō. Together with other members of the plot, he was arrested on his return to Japan, but was acquitted by the Japanese courts. In the 1902 General Election, Adachi was elected to the House of Representatives of Japan from the Kumamoto general constituency as a member of the ''Rikken Dōshikai,'' and was re-elected four consecutive time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korekiyo Otsuka
Isei Otsuka (大塚 惟精, ''Ōtsuka Isei'', December 11, 1884 – August 6, 1945) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from April to June 1945. He was also governor of Tochigi Prefecture (1924–1926), Fukuoka Prefecture (1926–1927) and Ishikawa Prefecture (1927). He was killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the onl .... References {{Governors of Tochigi Prefecture Governors of Hiroshima 1884 births 1945 deaths Japanese Home Ministry government officials Governors of Tochigi Prefecture Governors of Fukuoka Prefecture Governors of Ishikawa Prefecture Deaths by airstrike during World War II Japanese civilians killed in World War II Deaths by American airstrikes Hibakusha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshio Ōtsu
Toshio Ōtsu ( ja, 大津敏男, October 26, 1893 – December 27, 1958) was the last Director of the Karafuto Prefecture, Japanese Sakhalin (1943 – November 11, 1947) and the first and only governor of the Naichi, mainland Japanese Karafuto Prefecture. After the end of his tenure, the prefecture was abolished with the incorporation of Karafuto into the Soviet Union. Prior to this he was Governor of Saitama Prefecture (1942–1943). As prefectural governor he held the status of a first rank counselor and had the right to meet with the emperor. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. After the defeat of the Empire of Japan in World War II, he was initially placed under house arrest by the Red Army. However, soon after the arrival of Dmitrii Kriukov, the new civil administrator of Sakhalin and the Kuriles, in late September 1945, Ōtsu agreed to administer southern Sakhalin on behalf of the Soviets. On January 12th 1946 he was taken to Krasnaya Rechka prison near Khabarovsk. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morio Takahashi
was a Japanese politician.『朝日新聞』（ 東京本社発行）1957年5月6日夕刊7頁。 He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was mayor of Kumamoto (1922-1925) and governor of Shiga Prefecture (1925-1926), Nagano Prefecture (1926-1927) and Hyōgo Prefecture (1929-1931). In 1931, he served in the Government-General of Taiwan The Government-General of Taiwan (Japanese: , Kyūjitai: , Hepburn: ''Taiwan Sōtoku-fu''; ; Tâi-lô: Tâi-uân Tsóng-tok-hú; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ=Thòi-vân Chúng-tuk-fú) was the government that governed Taiwan under Japanese rule between 189 .... He served as Superintendent General in 1934. References Japanese Home Ministry government officials Japanese Police Bureau government officials Governors of Shiga Prefecture Governors of Nagano Governors of Hyōgo Prefecture Members of the Government-General of Taiwan University of Tokyo alumni Kagoshima University alumni Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
was a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2006 until his suicide in 2007 amid a financial scandal. Early life and education He was born in Aso, Kumamoto, Kyūshū on 25 February 1945. His family were farmers. After graduating from high school in Kumamoto city, he joined Tottori University in Tottori Prefecture and studied agricultural science. He graduated in 1969. Political career After graduation, Matsuoka joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In 1990, he resigned as the spokesman of the Forestry Agency and ran for the Kumamoto first constituency in the parliamentary election. He won this election and later joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Matsuoka was a member of the political faction headed by Shizuka Kamei in LDP. Kamei was one of the fiercest opponents of the postal privatisation bills proposed by then prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Kamei and most of his faction defected from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minoru Kihara (politician)
is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at Japan Airlines until 2004. The end of September 2013 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of Defense (防卫 大臣 政务 官). References * External links * in Japanese. 1969 births Living people People from Kumamoto Waseda University alumni Japan Airlines Koizumi Children Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of Nippon Kaigi {{Japan-politician-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
