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Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era. He was born as '''Hayashi Risuke''', also known as '''Hirofumi''', '''Hakubun''', and briefly during his youth as '''Itō Shunsuke'''. Wikipedia