ECONOMIST

Masaaki Shirakawa

1949 - Today

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Masaaki Shirakawa (白川 方明, Shirakawa Masaaki, born September 27, 1949) is a Japanese economist and the 30th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and professor at Aoyama Gakuin University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masaaki Shirakawa has received more than 59,248 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Masaaki Shirakawa is the 364th most popular economist (down from 338th in 2019), the 1,603rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,456th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Masaaki Shirakawas by language

Over the past year Masaaki Shirakawa has had the most page views in the with 42,801 views, followed by English (5,793), and Chinese (3,447). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (76.61%), Mongolian (40.38%), and Egyptian Arabic (15.04%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 364 out of 414. Before him are Frank Fetter, Muriel Casals i Couturier, Paul Craig Roberts, Pier Carlo Padoan, Käthe Leichter, and Jagdish Bhagwati. After him are Richard Florida, Arkady Dvorkovich, G. D. H. Cole, Ariel Rubinstein, Tatyana Golikova, and Martin Feldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 610. Before him are Boy Hayje, Ronnie Ray Smith, Leon Rippy, Ingrid Newkirk, Piero Fassino, and Suthep Thaugsuban. After him are Daniel DiNardo, John Haglelgam, Dorothy Allison, Giuseppe Sabadini, Don Muraco, and Jiří Drahoš.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 1,603 out of 6,245. Before him are Taiji (1966), Ko Shibasaki (1981), Junya Ito (1993), Aiko, Princess Toshi (2001), Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (1968), and Noritake Takahara (1951). After him are Hisashi Kato (1956), Rie Kugimiya (1979), Takuya Takagi (1967), Masahiro Fukuda (1966), Yuu Watase (1970), and Atsushi Uchiyama (1959).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Japan

Among economists born in Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa ranks 3. Before him are Kenichi Ohmae (1943), and Haruhiko Kuroda (1944).

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