Akira Yanabu

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Japanese researcher

Akira Yanabu (柳父章, Yanabu Akira) (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.