Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Ashida Hitoshi (November 15,1887 - June 20,1959) was a Japanese politician and the 47th Prime Minister of Japan, holding the office from March 10,1948 to October 15,1948. He was born in Kyoto. Preceded by: Katayama Tetsu Prime ministers of Japan Succeeded by: Yoshida Shigeru This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.