Tetsu Katayama, Ichirō Hatoyama, Masayoshi Ōhira, and his own grandfather Shigeru Yoshida. His Christian name is Francisco (フランシスコ). Family tree Ancestry Incorporates information from the Japanese Wikipedia article Asō is a patrilineal descendant of the Asō clan and is maternally descended from Ōkubo Toshimichi through his son Count Makino Nobuaki. Through his paternal grandmother the Hon. Kanō Natsuko, he descends from the Tachibana clan of the Miike Domain and from a cadet branch of the Ōkubo clan, who ruled the Odawara Domain. Honours Grand Cross with diamonds of the Order of the Sun, 2008 Bibliography Takashi Hirose (広瀬隆); 『私物国家 日本の黒幕の系図』 Tokyo:Kobunsha (1997) Genealogy14 References External links Official website Official website of Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet Prime Minister Taro Aso's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, 25 September 2008 |- |- |- |- |- |- 1940 births Living people 20th-century Roman Catholics 21st-century Japanese politicians 21st-century Roman Catholics 21st-century prime ministers of Japan Alumni of the London School of Economics Articles containing video clips Asian Games medalists in shooting Japanese mining businesspeople Gakushuin University alumni Grand Crosses with Diamonds of the Order of the Sun of Peru Deputy Prime Ministers of Japan Economic planning ministers of Japan Foreign ministers of Japan Ministers of Finance of Japan Japanese businesspeople Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom Japanese expatriates in the United States Japanese political writers Japanese racehorse owners and breeders Japanese Roman Catholics Japanese male sport shooters Japanese sportsperson-politicians Junior Chamber International Presidents of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Members of Nippon Kaigi Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Ministers of Internal Affairs of Japan Olympic shooters of Japan People from Iizuka, Fukuoka Prime Ministers of Japan Roman Catholic writers Shooters at the 1974 Asian Games Shooters at the 1976 Summer Olympics Stanford University alumni Writers from Fukuoka Prefecture Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Politicians from Fukuoka Prefecture Recipients of the Paralympic Order