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Shōjirō Ishibashi
was a Japanese businessman who founded the Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest maker of tires, in 1931 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. the company was named after its founder: in the Japanese language, ''ishi'' means "stone" and ''hashi'' (here voiced to ''bashi'') means "bridge", whence the origin of the company's name in English. After the end of the Second World War and the subsequent occupation of Japan, Ishibashi became extensively embroiled in Japanese politics. Ishibashi was close to Ichiro Hatoyama, who was a rival to prime minister Shigeru Yoshida. Ishibashi became an advisor to Hatoyama on Japan's post-war economic development, expressing his views on the economic policy of the parties of Hatoyama's political affiliation. Ishibashi's daughter, Yasuko Hatoyama, became heir to Ishibashi's considerable fortune and has used the inheritance to fund her family's political causes. She married former Japanese Foreign Minister Iichirō Hatoyama. The couple had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurume, Fukuoka
is a Cities of Japan, city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 303,579 and a population density of 1,320 persons per km². The total area is 229.96 km². On February 5, 2005, the town of Kitano, Fukuoka, Kitano (from Mii District, Fukuoka, Mii District), the towns of Jōjima, Fukuoka, Jōjima and Mizuma, Fukuoka, Mizuma (both from Mizuma District, Fukuoka, Mizuma District), and the town of Tanushimaru, Fukuoka, Tanushimaru (from Ukiha District, Fukuoka, Ukiha District) were merged into Kurume. Geography Climate Kurume has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Kurume is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around , and lowest in January, at around . The highest temperature ever recorded in Kurume was on 13 August 2018; the coldest temperature ever recorded was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
