Fukuda

Fukuda, Yasuo, 1936-, Japanese politician. Son of ex-prime minister (1976-78) Takeo Fukuda, he attended Waseda Univ. (grad. 1959) and worked for an oil company for 17 years. He acted as his father's secretary when the elder Fukuda was prime minister, but did not seek political office until 1990 when he ran for parliament and won a seat in the lower house. A widely respected moderate, he became deputy director of the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) in 1997 and served (2000-2004) two prime ministers as chief cabinet secretary. After the resignation (2007) of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Fukuda was elected head of the LDP and became prime minister, but he resigned less than a year later because his government was hampered by unpopularity and opposition control of the upper house of parliament. Taro Aso succeeded him.

is a Japanese name. People with the name include:

• Takeo Fukuda (1905–1995), 67th Prime Minister of Japan
• Yasuo Fukuda (born 1936), 91st Prime Minister of Japan
• Asuka Fukuda (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Keiko Fukuda (born 1913), judo 9th dan
• Tokuzō Fukuda (1874–1930), Japanese economist
• Yoshitaka Fukuda (born 1948), founder of Aiful consumer finance company
• Mitsuo Fukuda (born 1960), animation director
• Fukuda Eiko (1865–1927), Japanese author
• Jun Fukuda (1923–2000), Japanese director
• Shin-Ichi Fukuda, Japanese classical guitarist
• Koichi Fukuda, Japanese-American guitarist/keyboardist in Static-X
• Shigeo Fukuda (born 1932), Japanese sculptor and graphic designer
• Arihiro Fukuda (1964–2003), Japanese historian of political thought
• Masahiro Fukuda (born 1966), Japanese footballer
• Sadayoshi Fukuda (1917–2000), critic and philosopher
• Katsuji Fukuda (1899–1991), photographer

Companies:

• Fukuda Inc., Philippine manufacturer of electric fans
• Fukuda, European manufacturer of racquet sports equipment

Others:

• Fukuda Denshi Arena, Football stadium in Chiba, Japan