Kikunae Ikeda

Kikunae Ikeda

male, deceased
Kikunae Ikeda was a Tokyo Imperial University professor in Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical root behind a taste he named umami. He...
Basil Hall Chamberlain

Basil Hall Chamberlain

male, deceased
Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850-15 February 1935), was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British...
Ernest Fenollosa

Ernest Fenollosa

male, deceased
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 - September 21, 1908) was an American professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial...
Makino Nobuaki

Makino Nobuaki

male, deceased
Count was a Japanese statesman, active from the Meiji period through the Pacific War. Born to a "samurai" family in Satsuma domain present day...
Kurt Singer

Kurt Singer

male, deceased
Kurt Singer (May 12, 1886 - February 14, 1962) was a German philosopher. Born in Magdeburg, he was a professor at Hamburg University (1924-1933)....
Eiji Toyoda

Eiji Toyoda

male
Eiji Toyoda born 12 September 1913 near Nagoya in Japan, was a prominent Japanese industrialist, and was largely responsible for bringing Toyota...
Takeo Fukuda

Takeo Fukuda

male, deceased
Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician and the 67th Prime Minister of Japan from December 24,1976 to December 7, 1978. He was born in Gunma...
Mamoru Shigemitsu

Mamoru Shigemitsu

male, deceased
Mamoru Shigemitsu was the Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs at the end of World War II. Shigemitsu was born in Ōita, Japan. He studied Law at T...
Torahiko Terada

Torahiko Terada

male, deceased
Torahiko Terada is a Japanese physicist and author who was born in Tokyo. He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, and worked on a wide...