Shintarō Abe

was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1986. He was a leading member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He was the father of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and part of the Satō–Kishi–Abe family.

Early life and education Shintaro Abe was born on 29 April 1924, in Tokyo, the only child of Kan Abe and Shizuko Hondo. His parents got divorced on July 24, 1924 when he was two months old. His mother married a banker named Kenzo Nishimura and he has two maternal half-brothers. Masao Nishimura is his maternal half-brother who was born on November 18, 1932 and died on August 1, 2006 at the age of 73 due to heart failure. He was raised by his father in prefecture of Yamaguchi from soon after his birth. His maternal grandfather Tsatsujiro Hondo is an army general. His third son, Nobuo Kishi, was adopted by his brother-in-law shortly after birth, won a House of Representatives seat in 2012 and was appointed Minister of Defense in 2020. He was from Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Career After graduating from high school in 1944 during World War II, Abe entered a naval aviation school and volunteered to become a kamikaze pilot. The war ended before he could undergo the required training. In 1949 he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, Shintaro Abe began his career as a political reporter for Mainichi Shimbun. During this period, he was seen as a young leader groomed for the future prime ministry. He died at Tokyo's Juntendo University Hospital on 15 May 1991, aged 67. The cause of death was not officially announced, although various reports point to cancer, liver failure, or heart failure.

Honours From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Order of the Paulownia Flowers