The Kishi / Abe Family
A postwar Japanese prime minister whose political bloodline, through his grandson, produced Japan's longest-serving prime minister.
Nobusuke Kishi
Politician · b. 1896–1987
Wartime cabinet minister imprisoned as a suspected war criminal who later became Prime Minister of Japan and a key architect of the postwar US-Japan alliance.
Notable Works
- Prime Minister of Japan (1957–1960)
Shinzo Abe
Politician · b. 1954–2022
Nobusuke's grandson, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, known for the economic program "Abenomics" and assassinated while campaigning i…
Notable Works
- Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007, 2012–2020)
- Abenomics