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Keizō Shibusawa
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| Minister of Finance of Japan | |
| In office 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946 | |
| Prime Minister | Kijūrō Shidehara |
| Preceded by | Juichi Tsushima |
| Succeeded by | Tanzan Ishibashi |
| 16th Governor of the Bank of Japan | |
| In office 18 March 1944 – 9 October 1945 | |
| Prime Minister | Hideki Tojo Kuniaki Koiso Kantaro Suzuki Naruhiko Higashikuni |
| Preceded by | Toyotarō Yūki |
| Succeeded by | Eikichi Araki |
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| Born | (1896-08-25)August 25, 1896 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | October 25, 1963(1963-10-25) (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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Viscount Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢 敬三, Shibusawa Keizō, August 25, 1896 – October 25, 1963) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, philanthropist and folklorist. He was the 16th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).
Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.[2]
Shibusawa was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.[3] He left the bank to serve as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Kijūrō Shidehara in 1945-1946.[4]
The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.[2]
Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.[5]
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| Preceded by | Governor of the Bank of Japan 1944–1945 |
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