(1928 – 2 January 2018) was a Japanese researcher in the areas of translation studies and comparative literature. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo.

Works

Honnyakugo Seiritsu Jijou [翻訳語成立事情] (1982), Iwanami Shinsho

External links Recent work by Akira Yanabu Modernization of Japanese Language by Akira Yanabu