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Inejiro Asanuma

1898 - 1960

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Inejiro Asanuma (浅沼 稲次郎, Asanuma Inejirō, 27 December 1898 – 12 October 1960) was a Japanese politician and leader of the Japan Socialist Party. During World War II, Asanuma was aligned with the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and advocated for war in Asia. Asanuma later became a forceful advocate of socialism in post-war Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inejiro Asanuma has received more than 1,016,014 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Inejiro Asanuma is the 4,535th most popular politician (up from 5,527th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Japan (up from 370th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Japanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Inejiro Asanuma ranks 4,535 out of 19,576. Before him are Georg von Hertling, Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Enrico Berlinguer, Emine Hatun, David I of Scotland, and Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom. After him are Clovis III, Yury Luzhkov, Suppiluliuma II, Catherine of Navarre, Zoe Karbonopsina, and Princess Louise of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Inejiro Asanuma ranks 59. Before him are Hanns Eisler, Henry Hathaway, Giuseppe Saragat, Josef Terboven, Carl Clauberg, and Günther Korten. After him are Alberto Suppici, Lotte Lenya, Viktor Ullmann, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Arletty, and Gulzarilal Nanda. Among people deceased in 1960, Inejiro Asanuma ranks 34. Before him are Ernst von Dohnányi, Ethel Voynich, Mack Sennett, Hugo Alfvén, Ida Rubinstein, and Soghomon Tehlirian. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Victor Klemperer, Paul Abraham, Jacques Becker, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Norodom Suramarit.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Inejiro Asanuma ranks 277 out of 6,245. Before him are Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Eiji Yoshikawa (1892), Empress Shōken (1849), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), Emperor Seinei (444), and Susumu Tonegawa (1939). After him are Kentaro Miura (1966), Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Shōmu (701), Takashi Kano (1920), and Emperor Kazan (967).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Inejiro Asanuma ranks 111. Before him are Emperor Toba (1103), Emperor Monmu (683), Mōri Motonari (1497), Emperor Go-Fushimi (1288), Ashikaga Yoshiaki (1537), and Emperor Seinei (444). After him are Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641), Tomiichi Murayama (1924), Emperor Shōmu (701), Emperor Kazan (967), Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243), and Emperor Go-Uda (1267).

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