Kiso Tsuru
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was a Japanese philanthropist
who lived in Mexico
most of his life and made many contributions to the economies of both Japan and Mexico during the 20th century. Mr. Tsuru helped to build Japanese neighborhoods and schools and created jobs for Mexicans. He mainly practised medicine
and helped to lower the mortality rate
of the Mexican people as well as the Japanese in Mexico.
district in Kyushu
, Japan. His parents were Toma and Shimo Tsuru who were local farmers in Usa. He was one of nine children. According to Shinto
beliefs it was a special day - the day he was born, he was to become the next High Priest
for the Usa Shrine
and at 13 years old would join their monastery
, however when he reached the age of 13 to start his monastic studies he decided that his life was for adventure and to help others in the field, not to live a monastic life. He did his early schooling in Oita and he went to Osaka
for College and studied Industry
and Commerce
, Then went to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo
and studied at Yokohama
at the Association of Immigrants where he specialized in Politics
of Immigration.
In 1918 at the age of 24 he left Japan and went to Mexico City
and began work as private secretary to the Minister
of Interrelations between Mexico and Japan under Baron
Fujitaro Ootori. A year later went back to Japan where he established in Yokohama his first company (Compania Mexicana de Comercio Exterior.) The Mexican company of Exterior Commerce.
In 1924 he went back to Japan and studied under Dr. Unshin Hirahara and obtained his licence to practice Medicine. He then established himself in Ciudad Valles
in the state of San Luis Potosi
where he opened a pharmacy
and a Medical Clinic
. For his great initiative and Medical assistance, he was awarded by the governor of San Luis Potosi, (Saturnino Cedillo) "The Medical Doctor" of the Regional, Military
, and all schools of the state. Although many of his clients were local Huastec
natives, he also had many important people in the local Government, and of the Military. Other notable figures he cured of alignments were Jorge Prieto Laurens and General
Juan Andreu Almazan
.
and brought her to live with him in Mexico city. During their 40 year marriage they had 9 children, all but one were born in Mexico. Between 1930-1940 he founded the International
company of Medical Drugs
(KSK) of Japan and Mexico. This was but one of his many interests and businesses. He also founded the petroleum
company of Lagunas S.A., The petroleum company of Veracruz
S.A., the mining company of Taxco
S.A., where they mined large deposits of fluorite
,The Tsuru mining company S.A. in Oaxaca
where they mined the mineral mica
. And in Japan established the petroleum company of the Pacific S.A., the Tsuru shrimping company and last but not least the international company of Commerce S.A., that dedicated to the exchange between Mexico and Japan.
During the thirties he helped many important people of the National Government of Mexico such as Emilio Portes Gil
, Pascual Ortiz Rubio
, Abelardo L. Rodríguez
and Lazaro Cardenas
with their problems ranging from economics, to agricultural, to Medical, but due to the watchful eye of the US Government at that time he was only known as the (Doctor Japonesito) little Japanese Doctor.
In 1938 just before World War II
he sent a large donation of money to the Navy
and Army
of Japan for the invasion of Manchuria
, China
, for which he was awarded with a certificate from the Minister of war of Japan Mr. Hajime Sugiyama.
and the Japanese school of Tacuba
in Mexico city.
,over the counter products such as Gotacilina, Polytamin, Vita Penicilina which later became the famous Latin American ointment Vitacilina.
Later in between 1951-1956 he returned to Japan and began promoting commercial exchange between Mexico and Japan and worked to elevate the diplomatic missions to the rank of the Mexico-Japan embassies. With two of his friends (Hyodayu Shimanuki) and (Shigeshi Nagata) he helped to establish the Association of Rikko-kai in Mexico which helped the Japanese immigrants to emigrate to Latin America, which included teaching them Spanish. As he had been appointed the temporary ambassador
to Japan during the war, he also helped to establish the first official ambassador (Mr. Kubota) between the Mexican President
(Miguel Aleman
) and Japan. He also helped to introduce the Prime Minister of Japan (Hayato Ikeda
) to the Mexican President (Adolfo Lopez Mateos
), who welcomed him cordially as he was the first prime minister to visit Mexico after the War.
During this time he also did projects to help the economy of the southeast of Mexico and organized The international company of Salt
Industries S.A. in the zone of Salina Cruz
Mexico.
In the last years of his life Tsuru was still Advisor or founder of several companies such as the Tsuru Ranches, the International Company of Commerce S.A., The copper company of the Pacific S.A. and The Japanese films S.A. to name a few.
, Porfirio Diaz
, Michio Ito
, Keiichi Ito, Michitaka Mishima, Jorge Prieto Laurence, Dr. Inazo Nitobe
, Dr. Sawayanagi Seitaro, Seinosuke Ogita, Shizuo Kasai, Naokichi Kaneko, Masamichi Katsuda, Aizo Soma, Morie Ogiwara, Tsune Nakamura, Rash Behari Bose
, Mitsuru Toyama, Sen Katayama
, Tomitaro Watanabe, Roka Tokutomi, Yukichi Shiragami, Isoroku Yamamoto
, Sōichirō Asano, Ginjiro Fujiwara, Aiichiro Fujiyama
, Hayashi Fusao
, Senjuro Hayashi
, Koki Hirota
, Taizo Ishizaka
, Tsuyoshi Inukai, Masako Ichijo, Shojiro Ishibashi
, Hideo Kodama
, Ichizo Kobayashi
, Matajiro Koizumi
, Saburo Kurusu
, Shozo Murata
, Okawa Shumei
, Mineo Osumi
, Shigenobu Okuma, Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
, Eiichi Shibusawa
, Makoto Saito, Kiichiro Toyota, Korekiyo Takahashi, Giichi Tanaka, Chobei Takeda, Roan Ryohei Uchida
, Jotaro Watanabe.
condition. He left behind over 30 family members including his wife, 8 children, 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren now living world wide. One of his cousins was Shigeto Tsuru, a prominent Japanese economist
.
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
who lived in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
most of his life and made many contributions to the economies of both Japan and Mexico during the 20th century. Mr. Tsuru helped to build Japanese neighborhoods and schools and created jobs for Mexicans. He mainly practised medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and helped to lower the mortality rate
Mortality rate
Mortality rate is a measure of the number of deaths in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit time...
of the Mexican people as well as the Japanese in Mexico.
Early life
Tsuru was born on April 20, 1894 in Usa, OitaOita
-Companies:*Oita Asahi Broadcasting, a Japanese broadcast network in Oita Prefecture, Japan*Oita Broadcasting System, a television company based in Ōita Prefecture, Japan-Education:*Oita Junior College, a private junior college in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan...
district in Kyushu
Kyushu
is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....
, Japan. His parents were Toma and Shimo Tsuru who were local farmers in Usa. He was one of nine children. According to Shinto
Shinto
or Shintoism, also kami-no-michi, is the indigenous spirituality of Japan and the Japanese people. It is a set of practices, to be carried out diligently, to establish a connection between present day Japan and its ancient past. Shinto practices were first recorded and codified in the written...
beliefs it was a special day - the day he was born, he was to become the next High Priest
High priest
The term "high priest" usually refers either to an individual who holds the office of ruler-priest, or to one who is the head of a religious caste.-Ancient Egypt:...
for the Usa Shrine
Usa Shrine
, also known as , is a Shinto shrine in the city of Usa in Ōita Prefecture in Japan. Emperor Ojin, who was deified as Hachiman-jin , is said to be enshrined in all the sites dedicated to him; and the first and earliest of these was at Usa in the early 8th century...
and at 13 years old would join their monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
, however when he reached the age of 13 to start his monastic studies he decided that his life was for adventure and to help others in the field, not to live a monastic life. He did his early schooling in Oita and he went to Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
for College and studied Industry
Industry
Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
and Commerce
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
, Then went to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...
and studied at Yokohama
Yokohama
is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...
at the Association of Immigrants where he specialized in Politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
of Immigration.
In 1918 at the age of 24 he left Japan and went to Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
and began work as private secretary to the Minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
of Interrelations between Mexico and Japan under Baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
Fujitaro Ootori. A year later went back to Japan where he established in Yokohama his first company (Compania Mexicana de Comercio Exterior.) The Mexican company of Exterior Commerce.
In 1924 he went back to Japan and studied under Dr. Unshin Hirahara and obtained his licence to practice Medicine. He then established himself in Ciudad Valles
Ciudad Valles
Ciudad Valles is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is located in the eastern part of the state at . The city is also the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city had a 2005 census population of 116,261, while the municipality's...
in the state of San Luis Potosi
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....
where he opened a pharmacy
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
and a Medical Clinic
Clinic
A clinic is a health care facility that is primarily devoted to the care of outpatients...
. For his great initiative and Medical assistance, he was awarded by the governor of San Luis Potosi, (Saturnino Cedillo) "The Medical Doctor" of the Regional, Military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
, and all schools of the state. Although many of his clients were local Huastec
Huastec
The Huastec or Téenek , are an indigenous people of Mexico, historically based in the states of Hidalgo, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas concentrated along the route of the Pánuco River and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.There are approximately 66,000...
natives, he also had many important people in the local Government, and of the Military. Other notable figures he cured of alignments were Jorge Prieto Laurens and General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Juan Andreu Almazan
Juan Andreu Almazán
General Officer Juan Andreu Almazán was a Mexican revolutionary soldier, politician, and businessman.-Early life:Juan Andreu Almazán was born on May 12, 1891 in the municipality of Olinalá in the State of Guerrero...
.
Life in Mexico
In 1926 he went back to Japan and got married to Mihoko Kayaba the daughter of a prominent lawyerLawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
and brought her to live with him in Mexico city. During their 40 year marriage they had 9 children, all but one were born in Mexico. Between 1930-1940 he founded the International
International
----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...
company of Medical Drugs
DRUGS
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(KSK) of Japan and Mexico. This was but one of his many interests and businesses. He also founded the petroleum
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
company of Lagunas S.A., The petroleum company of Veracruz
Veracruz
Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave , is one of the 31 states that, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided in 212 municipalities and its capital city is...
S.A., the mining company of Taxco
Taxco
Taxco de Alarcón is a small city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The name Taxco is most likely derived from the Nahuatl word tlacheco, which means “place of the ballgame.” However, one interpretation has the name coming from the word tatzco which means “where the father...
S.A., where they mined large deposits of fluorite
Fluorite
Fluorite is a halide mineral composed of calcium fluoride, CaF2. It is an isometric mineral with a cubic habit, though octahedral and more complex isometric forms are not uncommon...
,The Tsuru mining company S.A. in Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
where they mined the mineral mica
Mica
The mica group of sheet silicate minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage. All are monoclinic, with a tendency towards pseudohexagonal crystals, and are similar in chemical composition...
. And in Japan established the petroleum company of the Pacific S.A., the Tsuru shrimping company and last but not least the international company of Commerce S.A., that dedicated to the exchange between Mexico and Japan.
During the thirties he helped many important people of the National Government of Mexico such as Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Portes Gil
Emilio Cándido Portes Gil was President of Mexico from 1928 to 1930.-Biography:Portes Gil was born in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the state of Tamaulipas in northeast Mexico....
, Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio was a Mexican politician. He was born in Morelia, Michoacán as the son of Pascual Ortiz de Ayala y Huerta and Lenor Rubio Cornelis...
, Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abelardo L. Rodríguez
Abelardo Rodríguez Luján, commonly known as Abelardo L. Rodríguez was the interim president of Mexico from 1932–1934, completing the term of Pascual Ortiz after his resignation.-Early life:...
and Lazaro Cardenas
Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940.-Early life:Lázaro Cárdenas was born on May 21, 1895 in a lower-middle class family in the village of Jiquilpan, Michoacán. He supported his family from age 16 after the death of his father...
with their problems ranging from economics, to agricultural, to Medical, but due to the watchful eye of the US Government at that time he was only known as the (Doctor Japonesito) little Japanese Doctor.
In 1938 just before World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he sent a large donation of money to the Navy
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
and Army
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
of Japan for the invasion of Manchuria
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, for which he was awarded with a certificate from the Minister of war of Japan Mr. Hajime Sugiyama.
World War II
During the war most of his businesses were either sold or were taken over by the Mexican government. And what little money he had left, he used to create a society for the protection of the Japanese in Mexico and formed the first Japanese neighborhood (Colonia Japonesa) and fought to keep the Japanese out of concentration camps and got many of them out, he also invited many of his Japanese friends to stay in his last lands he owned in Ciudad Valles, but due to its remoteness, they preferred to stay in Mexico City. He also donated money to Japan for the Red Cross and sent money and goods to his relatives in Japan as well as keeping his family in Mexico well in those hard times. He also helped establish three Japanese public schools, The central school (Chuo-Gakuen), the Japanese school of TlalpanTlalpan
Tlalpan is one of the sixteen administrative boroughs of the Federal District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over eighty percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid 20th...
and the Japanese school of Tacuba
Tacuba
Tacuba is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador.-Church Of Tacuba:It is located in Villa of Tacuba. It is head of the municipality of the same name in the department of Ahuachapán, at about 14 Kilometers of the city of Ahuachapán and at 700 meters over the sea level...
in Mexico city.
After the war
He reorganized one of his last companies, The International Company of Commerce and used it to sell many medical pharmaceutical OTCOTC
OTC may refer to:* Oakwood Technology College* Owatonna Tool Company* Oklahoma Tax Commission* Odenton Town Center* Officer in Tactical Command* Officer Training Corps* Offshore Technology Conference* Ohio Turnpike Commission...
,over the counter products such as Gotacilina, Polytamin, Vita Penicilina which later became the famous Latin American ointment Vitacilina.
Later in between 1951-1956 he returned to Japan and began promoting commercial exchange between Mexico and Japan and worked to elevate the diplomatic missions to the rank of the Mexico-Japan embassies. With two of his friends (Hyodayu Shimanuki) and (Shigeshi Nagata) he helped to establish the Association of Rikko-kai in Mexico which helped the Japanese immigrants to emigrate to Latin America, which included teaching them Spanish. As he had been appointed the temporary ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
to Japan during the war, he also helped to establish the first official ambassador (Mr. Kubota) between the Mexican President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
(Miguel Aleman
Miguel Alemán
Miguel Alemán may refer to:*Miguel Alemán González, general in the Mexican Revolution; father of:*Miguel Alemán Valdés , president of Mexico from 1946 to 1952; father of:*Miguel Alemán Velasco Miguel Alemán may refer to:*Miguel Alemán González, general in the Mexican Revolution; father of:*Miguel...
) and Japan. He also helped to introduce the Prime Minister of Japan (Hayato Ikeda
Hayato Ikeda
born in Takehara, Hiroshima, was a Japanese politician and the 58th, 59th and 60th Prime Minister of Japan from July 19, 1960 to November 9, 1964....
) to the Mexican President (Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos
Adolfo López Mateos was a Mexican politician affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964...
), who welcomed him cordially as he was the first prime minister to visit Mexico after the War.
During this time he also did projects to help the economy of the southeast of Mexico and organized The international company of Salt
Salt
In chemistry, salts are ionic compounds that result from the neutralization reaction of an acid and a base. They are composed of cations and anions so that the product is electrically neutral...
Industries S.A. in the zone of Salina Cruz
Salina Cruz
Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's third-largest city and is municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region....
Mexico.
Later life
Then in 1960 due to his health, he went back to the few land holdings he had left in Ciudad Valles and began to grow agricultural products like mangoes, avocados and sugar cane. He experimented with making mango Hybrids (biology) Mango Miyako, that later became world famous and were the only farm at that time to export to Japan and Europe. He also saw that the people of this city and State San Luis Potosi were lacking education so he opened a rural public school on the 29 of April 1960.In the last years of his life Tsuru was still Advisor or founder of several companies such as the Tsuru Ranches, the International Company of Commerce S.A., The copper company of the Pacific S.A. and The Japanese films S.A. to name a few.
Important people he met in life
Among the prominent people he knew and had many deals with were: Francisco Leon de la BarraFrancisco León de la Barra
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure and diplomat, who served as interim president of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911....
, Porfirio Diaz
Porfirio Díaz
José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori was a Mexican-American War volunteer and French intervention hero, an accomplished general and the President of Mexico continuously from 1876 to 1911, with the exception of a brief term in 1876 when he left Juan N...
, Michio Ito
Michio Itō
Michio Itō was a Japanese dancer, and choreographer, an associate of William Butler Yeats, Ezra Pound, Angna Enters, Isamu Noguchi, Louis Horst, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Vladimir Rosing, Pauline Koner, Lester Horton and others...
, Keiichi Ito, Michitaka Mishima, Jorge Prieto Laurence, Dr. Inazo Nitobe
Inazo Nitobe
was a Japanese agricultural economist, author, educator, diplomat, politician, and Christian during Meiji and Taishō period Japan.-Early Life:Nitobe was born in Morioka, Mutsu Province . His father was a retainer to the local daimyō of the Nambu clan. His infant name was Inanosuke...
, Dr. Sawayanagi Seitaro, Seinosuke Ogita, Shizuo Kasai, Naokichi Kaneko, Masamichi Katsuda, Aizo Soma, Morie Ogiwara, Tsune Nakamura, Rash Behari Bose
Rash Behari Bose
Rashbehari Bose was a revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India and was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar conspiracy and later, the Indian National Army.-Early life:...
, Mitsuru Toyama, Sen Katayama
Sen Katayama
Sen Katayama , born Yabuki Sugataro , was an early member of the American Communist Party and co-founder, in 1922, of the Japan Communist Party....
, Tomitaro Watanabe, Roka Tokutomi, Yukichi Shiragami, Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto
was a Japanese Naval Marshal General and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, a graduate of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and a student of Harvard University ....
, Sōichirō Asano, Ginjiro Fujiwara, Aiichiro Fujiyama
Aiichiro Fujiyama
was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and business executive.A business executive who symbolized "big business" in Japan as president of Dai Nippon Sugar Manufacturing Co...
, Hayashi Fusao
Hayashi Fusao
was the Pen name of a Japanese novelist and literary critic in Shōwa period Japan. He is known for his early works in the proletarian literature movement, although he later became a strong ultranationalist...
, Senjuro Hayashi
Senjuro Hayashi
was an Imperial Japanese Army commander of the Chosen Army of Japan in Korea during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria, and a Japanese politician and the 33rd Prime Minister of Japan from February 2, 1937 to June 4, 1937.-Biography:...
, Koki Hirota
Koki Hirota
was a Japanese diplomat, politician and the 32nd Prime Minister of Japan from March 9, 1936 to February 2, 1937.-Early life:Hirota was born in what is now part of Chūō-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka Prefecture. His father was a stonemason, and he was adopted into the Hirota family. After attending...
, Taizo Ishizaka
Taizo Ishizaka
was a leading Japanese businessman and President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations who served as Governor of the Boy Scouts of Japan....
, Tsuyoshi Inukai, Masako Ichijo, Shojiro Ishibashi
Shojiro Ishibashi
was a Japanese businessman who founded the Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest maker of tires, in 1930 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. Bridgestone was named after its founder: In the Japanese language ishi means a "stone" and bashi mean "bridge"...
, Hideo Kodama
Hideo Kodama
Count , was a politician, and wartime cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan. He was the eldest son of famed Russo-Japanese War general Kodama Gentarō, and his wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake.- Biography :...
, Ichizo Kobayashi
Ichizo Kobayashi
, occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō , was a Japanese industrialist. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway and Takarazuka Revue. He was a supporter of right-wing doctrine and represented Japanese capital in government.-Career:...
, Matajiro Koizumi
Matajiro Koizumi
Koizumi Matajirō was the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in Japan. He was a scaffolder's son from Yokohama, known as "wild man" and "irezumi minister" because he had a large tattoo of a red dragon on his back. He sought to privatise the Post Office.Koizumi led a movement to establish...
, Saburo Kurusu
Saburo Kurusu
was a Japanese career diplomat. He is remembered now as an envoy who tried to negotiate peace and understanding with the United States while Japan was secretly preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor....
, Shozo Murata
Shozo Murata
was a Japanese entrepreneur, cabinet minister and diplomat before, during and after World War II.- Biography :Murata was a native of Tokyo and a graduate of the Tokyo Higher Commerce School . After graduation, he went to work with the Osaka Shosen Kaisha was a Japanese entrepreneur, cabinet...
, Okawa Shumei
Okawa Shumei
-Esternal links:* Takeuchi Yoshimi: ""* Prof Dr. Selçuk Esenbel, Dozentin an der Bosporus-Universität: ""*...
, Mineo Osumi
Mineo Osumi
Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served twice as Minister of the Navy of Japan during the volatile 1930s.-Early life:Ōsumi was born in Kōchi Prefecture, but grew up in Aichi Prefecture. He was a graduate of the 24th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, where he...
, Shigenobu Okuma, Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. He was the father of Empress Kōjun , and therefore, the maternal grandfather of the present emperor of Japan, Akihito.-Early life:Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi was born in...
, Eiichi Shibusawa
Eiichi Shibusawa
' was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many reforms including use of double entry accounting, joint stock corporations and modern note-issuing...
, Makoto Saito, Kiichiro Toyota, Korekiyo Takahashi, Giichi Tanaka, Chobei Takeda, Roan Ryohei Uchida
Ryohei Uchida
was a Japanese ultranationalist political theorist. Pan-Asianist, and martial artist, active in the pre-war Empire of Japan.-Biography:Uchida was born in Fukuoka prefecture. He was the son of Shinto Muso-ryu practitioner Uchida Ryōgorō, and from an early age was interested in many forms of Japanese...
, Jotaro Watanabe.
Return to Japan
In October 1966 he went back to Japan where he spent his last days visiting his beloved country, till his death in November from a heartHeart
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condition. He left behind over 30 family members including his wife, 8 children, 12 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren now living world wide. One of his cousins was Shigeto Tsuru, a prominent Japanese economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
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