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List of prime ministers of Japan and the educational institutions they attended
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan and the educational institutions they attended. As of April 2024, of the 64
prime ministers to date, 17 were educated at the
University of Tokyo (called Tokyo Imperial University until 1945), seven at
Waseda University , six at the
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy , five at the
Imperial Japanese Army Academy , three at
Keio University , two at
Kyoto University and
Meiji University , and one at 13 other institutions. 7 did not attend higher education.
Much of the prime ministers who were born and raised during the
Edo period did not attend university as there was no formal system of higher education, instead education was predominantly conducted by local temples and shrine priests through private education such as the
Yushima Seidō .
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[2] The
Meiji restoration led to the
modernization of Japan , including its education. As a result, aristocrats and nobilities first received higher education by travelling to western countries such as the
Chōshū Five which
Itō Hirobumi , the first prime minister of Japan, was a part of, attending
University College London .
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Table
Bold indicates institutions that are active as of April 2024.
University
No.
Prime ministers
University of Tokyo
17
Hara Takashi ,
Katō Takaaki ,
Wakatsuki Reijirō ,
Hamaguchi Osachi ,
Kōki Hirota ,
Hiranuma Kiichirō ,
Kijūrō Shidehara ,
Shigeru Yoshida ,
Tetsu Katayama ,
Hitoshi Ashida ,
Ichirō Hatoyama ,
Nobusuke Kishi ,
Eisaku Satō ,
Takeo Fukuda ,
Yasuhiro Nakasone ,
Kiichi Miyazawa ,
Yukio Hatoyama
Waseda University
7
Tanzan Ishibashi ,
Noboru Takeshita ,
Keizō Obuchi ,
Yoshirō Mori ,
Yasuo Fukuda ,
Yoshihiko Noda ,
Fumio Kishida (incumbent)
Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
6
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe ,
Katō Tomosaburō ,
Saitō Makoto ,
Keisuke Okada ,
Mitsumasa Yonai ,
Kantarō Suzuki
Imperial Japanese Army Academy
5
Tanaka Giichi ,
Senjūrō Hayashi ,
Nobuyuki Abe ,
Hideki Tojo ,
Kuniaki Koiso
Keio University
3
Inukai Tsuyoshi ,
Ryutaro Hashimoto ,
Junichiro Koizumi
Kyoto University
2
Fumimaro Konoe ,
Hayato Ikeda
Meiji University
2
Takeo Miki ,
Tomiichi Murayama
Sophia University
1
Morihiro Hosokawa
Gakushuin University
1
Tarō Asō
Chuo University
1
Toshiki Kaifu
Hosei University
1
Yoshihide Suga
Hitotsubashi University
1
Masayoshi Ōhira
Shiga University
1
Sōsuke Uno
Tokyo Institute of Technology
1
Naoto Kan
Seikei University
1
Shinzo Abe
Seijo University
1
Tsutomu Hata
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
1
Zenkō Suzuki
Chuo College of Technology
1
Kakuei Tanaka
Army War College
1
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
University College London
1
Itō Hirobumi
University of Paris
1
Saionji Kinmochi
Army Toyama School
1
Terauchi Masatake
Did not attend higher education
7
Kuroda Kiyotaka ,
Yamagata Aritomo ,
Matsukata Masayoshi ,
Ōkuma Shigenobu ,
Katsura Tarō ,
Takahashi Korekiyo ,
Kiyoura Keigo
List
See also
References
Lists related to prime ministers of Japan
Premiership Personal life