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Foreign media invited to Korean 'independence hero' hall

HARBIN, China - A Chinese guide briefs invited foreign media representatives on an exhibition at the Ahn Jung Geun Memorial Hall, dedicated to the Korean assassin of Japan's first Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito in 1909 who was dubbed an "independence hero" by Seoul, in Harbin in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang on April 29, 2014.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a sign at a platform at Harbin station in China indicating the location where Ahn Jung Geun shot Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909. A memorial hall was set up at the station commemorating the Korean independence activist who assassinated Ito.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a sign at a platform at Harbin station in China indicating the location where Ahn Jung Geun shot Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909. A memorial hall was set up at the station commemorating the Korean independence activist who assassinated Ito.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a portrait of Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909, displayed at a memorial hall for Ahn in Harbin, China.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a portrait of Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909, displayed at a memorial hall for Ahn in Harbin, China.

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Ahn Jung Geun memorial

HARBIN, China - Photo taken Jan. 20, 2014, shows a memorial hall in Harbin, northeastern China, for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence activist who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, a four-time prime minister of Japan and the first resident general of Korea, in 1909.

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - A street march in Seoul on March 26, 2010, following a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910.

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan delivers a speech during a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910.

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country.

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Hirobumi Ito

Ito became Japan's first prime minister (1885-1888) under its modern cabinet system. Ito, who was the chief architect of Japan's first constitution, later served as the country's fifth (1892-1896), seventh (Jan. 12, 1898-June 30, 1898) and 10th (1900-1901) prime minister. Ito signed the Korean-Japanese Convention of 1905, which awarded Japan full control of Korea's foreign relations. Ito, who became the first Japanese resident general in Korea of 1906, was assassinated on Oct. 26 in 1909 in Harbin, Manchuria by Korean nationalist An Chung Gun. Born Sept. 2, 1841.

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Marquis Ito Hirobumi - Japanese Prime Minister

Marquis Ito Hirobumi (1840-1909) - Japanese Prime Minister Date: circa 1907

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan delivers a speech during a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea holds memorial ceremony for independence hero

SEOUL, South Korea - A street march in Seoul on March 26, 2010, following a centennial memorial ceremony at the Seoul City Plaza for Ahn Jung Geun, a Korean independence hero who assassinated Hirobumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, in 1909. Ahn, who fatally shot Ito on a railway platform in Harbin, in what was then Manchuria in northeastern China, in 1909, was executed by Japanese colonial authorities on March 26, 1910. (Kyodo)

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Ex-S. Korean diplomat publishes book on Ito Hirobumi

TOKYO, Japan - Song Yeong Geol, a former South Korean diplomat who spent more than a decade in Japan, speaks about his recently published book on the roles of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime minister and widely considered the archenemy of the Korean people, in the modernization of Japan. Song, who is now a professor of Kyungwon College, says it is a problem that Ito's contribution to Japan's modernization is not generally known in his country. (Kyodo)

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Miyajima Island,Aki

Iwaso Inn, located at the entrance of Momijidani Park at Miyajima, opened in 1854. Among the many celebrities who stayed here were Imperial family members, Ito Hirobumi, Natsume Soseki, Mori Ogai, and Helen Keller. A modern fountain was installed when the main inn building was constructed in 1892. The stone arrangement and fountain still exist today.==Date:unknown, Place:Miyajima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐21‐0]

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Ito Hirobumi in traditional attire

The famous Meiji politician Ito Hirofumi is shown in kimono. Born in 1841, Ito participated in the campaign to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate and played an instrumental role in promulgating the Constitution of Japan. He was assassinated in Harbin, China in 1909. This was taken in the later years of his life.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐15‐0]

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The family of Ito Hirobumi

This is apparently a photograph of Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909), a noted politician of the Meiji Period, with his family. The beard suggests that this was taken late in Ito's life, probably around 1905 when he was appointed governor-general of annexed Korea.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐14‐0]

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Ito Hirobumi sitting in a chair

Ito Hirobumi sitting in a chair==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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A soldier in his office room

The man's identity is not known. This is one of a set of photographs of Okuma Shigenobu, Ito Hirobumi, and others. There is a wooden arch with the letters The Military Council and Donated by Seiyoken Restaurant attached to the back of the photograph.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐3‐0]

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Street of inns at yumoto hot spring

The bridge in the fore is Fukuzumi Bridge and the bridge in the rear is Asahi Bridge. Initially, Fukuzumi Bridge was Asahi Bridge which was crossed by Sanjo Saneyoshi for the first time, but was moved to the upper stream of Haya River and renamed. On the ofher side of Fukuzumi Bridge is the Western-style hotel Mansuirofukuju where Kido Takayoshi,Ito Hirobumi, Fukuzawa Yukichi and others were frequent guests.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐2‐0]

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Ito Hirobumi

Ito Hirobumi==Date:Early Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Abe tied for Japan's 3rd longest-serving PM

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on June 6, 2019. Abe tied Hirobumi Ito, who was the country's first prime minister, as the third longest-serving prime minister having served for 2,720 days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Historical mansions near Tokyo

Photo taken in December 2018 shows people visiting the former residence of first Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito during a public tour of historical mansions in Oiso, a beach resort southwest of Tokyo known as a popular retreat among politicians during the Meiji era (1868-1912). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo