Milton W. Meyer - Japan A Concise History

Milton W. Meyer, professor emeritus of history at California State University at Los Angeles (19591994), is the author of many volumes relating to Asia, including Asia: A Concise History, China: A Concise History, and South Asia: A Short History of the Subcontinent. Additionally he has privately printed some two dozen works relating to his life and times. Over the decades, he has endowed in Iloilo City, Philippines, the Meyer Asian Collection located in the library of the Central Philippine University, which in 2000 granted him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree (D. Lit.).

(Preconstitution prime ministers: Ito Hirobumi, 18851888; Kuroda

Kiyotaka, 18881889)

Yamagata Aritomo, 18891891

Matsukata Masayoshi, 18911892

Ito Hirobumi, 18921896

Matsukata Masayoshi, 18961898

Ito Hirobumi, 1898

Okuma Shigenobu, 1898

Yamagata Aritomo, 18981900

Ito Hirobumi, 19001901

Katsura Taro, 19011906

Saionji Kimmochi, 19061908

Katsura Taro, 19081911

Saionji Kimmochi, 19111912

Katsura Taro, 19121913

Yamamoto Gombei, 19131914

Okuma Shigenobu, 19141916

Terauchi Masatake, 19161918

Hara Kei, 19181921

Takahashi Korekiyo, 19211922

Kato Tomosaburo, 19221923

Yamamoto Gombei, 19231924

Kiyoura Keigo, 1924

Kato Takaakira, 19241926

Wakatsuke Reijiro, 19261927

Tanaka Giichi, 19271929

Hamaguchi Yuko, 19291931

Wakatsuki Reijiro, 1931

Inukai Tsuyoshi, 19311932

Saito Makoto, 19321934

Okada Keisuke, 19341936

Hirota Koki, 19361937

Hayashi Senjuro, 1937

Konoe Fumimaro, 19371938

Hiranuma Kiichiro, 19381939

Abe Nobuyuki, 19391940

Yonai Mitsumasa, 1940

Konoe Fumimaro, 19401941

Tojo Hideki, 19411944

Koiso Kuniaki, 1944

Suzuki Kantaro, 1945 (April)

Hagashikuni, Prince, 1945 (August)

Shidehara Kijuro, 1945 (October)

Yoshida Shigeru, 1947

Katayama Tetsu, 19471948

Ashida Hitoshi, 1948

Yoshida Shigeru, 19481954

Hatoyama Ichiro, 19541956

Ishibashi Tanzan, 19561957

Kishi Nobusuke, 19571960

Ikeda Hayato, 19601964

Sato Eisaku, 19641972

Tanaka Kakuei, 19721974

Miki Takeo, 19741976

Fukuda Takeo, 19761978

Ohira Masayoshi, 1978d. 1980

Suzuki Kenko, 19801982

Nakasone Yasuhiro, 19821987

Takeshita Noboro, 19871989

Uno Sosuke, 1989

Kaifu Tushiki, 19891991

Miyazawa Kiichi, 19911993

Hosokawa Morihiro, 19931994

Hata Tsutomo, 1994

Murayama Tomiichi, 19941996

Hashimoto Ryutaro, 19961998

Obichi Kaizo, 19982000

Mori Yoshiro, 20002001

Koizumi Junichiro, 20012006

Abe Shinzo, 20062007

Fukuda Yasuo, 20072008

Aso Taro, 2008

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