Tanzan Ishibashi

Born Sept. 25, 1884 and died on April 25, 1973. After graduating from Waseda University in 1907, Ishibashi joined the publishing company Toyo Keizai Shimpo and wrote for many magazines and newspapers. He was an outspoken critic of the militarists in the 1930s. Ishibashi became prime minister on Dec. 23, 1956 but had to resign after two months because of illness. Photo was taken on March 20, 1969.