What is Hitoshi Ashida?
[[File:Hitoshi Ashida.jpg|thumb|200px]] '''Hitoshi Ashida''' (芦田 均, ''Ashida Hitoshi'', 15 November 1887 – 20 June 1959) was a Japanese [[politician]]. He was a leader in postwar politics. Ashida was [[Prime Minister of Japan]] in 1948. He quit his leadership responsibilities after a corruption scandal (Shōwa Denkō Jiken) involving two of his cabinet ministers. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashida, Hitoshi}} [[Category:1887 births]] [[Category:1959 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Japan]] [[Category:Politicians from Kyoto Prefecture]] [[Category:Foreign ministers of Japan]] [[Category:Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians]] {{bio-stub}}