was a Japanese corporate executive.
He held the positions of the chairman of the board of directors of
Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...
, vice-president of
Mitsui Bank
was a major Japanese bank from 1876 to 1990. It merged with Taiyo Kobe Bank to form Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank (MTKB), which was renamed The Sakura Bank in April 1992. Sakura Bank is now part of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
History
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, president of Mitsui Petrochemicals Industries, vice-chairman of
Nihon Keidanren
The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (, Japan Federatio ...
(
Japan Business Federation
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), chairman of Japan Chemical Fibers Association and others.
He was also general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of
Ise Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and .
The Inner ...
Revered Board. He dedicated himself to reconstructing
Japanese National Railways
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Network Railways
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as the 4th chairman of audit committee thereof. He received Grand Cordon of the
Order of the Sacred Treasure
The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six classes, the lowest ...
in 1979.
Biography
Yasui was born in
Hikone
280px, Hikone City Hall
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hikone is ...
,
Shiga
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Pr ...
. He carried on his father's name, Kizo. The last Kizo Yasui, father of this Kizo Yasui, was nicknamed Kōshō Chōchō[Commercial College Town Mayor]because he was elected Town Mayor of
Hikone Town against his will while he was in Tokyo to negotiate the establishment of Hikone Commercial College(now, the Faculty of Economics of
Shiga University
, or is a national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in the cities of Ōtsu and Hikone. Founded in 1874, it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Faculties & Graduate Schools
Shiga University has three faculties, the Fac ...
)and resigned his post of the Town Mayor of
Hikone
280px, Hikone City Hall
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hikone is ...
when he saw new-facility construction of Hikone Commercial College.
[Y. Abe, ''Shiga Daigaku Keizai Keiei Kenkyū-sho Chōsa-Shiryō-shippō ⑨'' [''Departmental Bulletin Paper ⑨ of The Institute for Economic and Business Research Shiga University''] 351 THE HIKONE RONSO 159, 162–163 (2004)](_blank)
/ref> His older sister, Kinu, married into a distinguished family in Akasaka-juku (Nakasendō)
was the fifty-sixth of the 69 Stations of the Nakasendō, sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō connecting Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan. It is located in former Mino Province in what is now Akasaka neighborhood of the city of Ōgaki, Gifu ...
, the Yabashis that Emperor Shōwa
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officially visited in 1946. Otohiko Hara ( jp), formerly Otohiko Yabashi, is his nephew. Shinya Yabashi and Hideroku Hara
Hideroku Hara (原 秀六; born 1956) is a Japanese legal scholar and professor emeritus at Shiga University. He was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law for his study of ''The Legal Theory on the Distribution of the Synergistic Ef ...
( jp) are his grandnephews.
Yasui graduated from Shiga First Junior High School (now, Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School) and from Tokyo College of Commerce (now, Hitotsubashi University
is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...
) in 1926 under the old system of education. While in the College, he joined the seminar of Prof. Kin-no-suke Otsuka.
He entered Mitsui Bank
was a major Japanese bank from 1876 to 1990. It merged with Taiyo Kobe Bank to form Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank (MTKB), which was renamed The Sakura Bank in April 1992. Sakura Bank is now part of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
History
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after graduation. He became managing director, senior managing director and vice-president of Mitsui Bank
was a major Japanese bank from 1876 to 1990. It merged with Taiyo Kobe Bank to form Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank (MTKB), which was renamed The Sakura Bank in April 1992. Sakura Bank is now part of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).
History
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in 1959, president of Mitsui Petrochemicals Industries (now, Mitsui Chemicals
is a Japanese chemicals company listed on the Nikkei with business interests in Japan, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the USA. It is one of the leading chemical companies in Japan and is part of the Mitsui conglomerate. The company mainly ...
) in 1961, vice-president of Tōyō Rayon (now, Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...
) in 1963, chairman of the board of directors of Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...
in 1971 and senior advisor to the board of directors of Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry.
Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, ...
in 1977.
During this period, he successively held the positions of vice-chairman of Nihon Keidanren
The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (, Japan Federatio ...
(Japan Business Federation
The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (, Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (, Japan Federatio ...
),
chairman of Japan Chemical Fibers Association, general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of Ise Shrine
The , located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. Officially known simply as , Ise Jingū is a shrine complex composed of many Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines, and .
The Inner ...
Revered Board, member of the board of Japan Association of Corporate Executives, member of Tax Research Committee of Prime Minister's Office (Japan)
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Located at 2-3-1 Nagata-chō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100–8968, it is diagonally adjacent ...
, member of National Language Council of Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and so on.
He received Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure
The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six classes, the lowest ...
in 1979.
He died in 1983 at the age of 83 of pneumonia.
The chairman of the funeral ceremony of Kizo Yasui was Fumio Takagi was a Japanese high-level official.
Career
Fumio Takagi entered the Ministry of Finance in 1943 after the graduation from the Tokyo Imperial University. He moved up through the ranks to the level of Director-General of the Tax Bureau, Deputy Vice ...
( jp), former Vice Minister of Ministry of Finance and former president of Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
.
Kinship
*father – Kizo Yasui (entrepreneur from Hikone
280px, Hikone City Hall
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hikone is ...
, Shiga
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,412,916 (1 October 2015) and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Pr ...
in Meiji Era
The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.
The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization b ...
. He was nicknamed Kōshō Chōchō(Commercial College Town Mayor) because he was elected Town Mayor of Hikone Town against his will while he was in Tokyo to negotiate the establishment of Hikone Commercial College(now, the Faculty of Economics, Shiga University
, or is a national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in the cities of Ōtsu and Hikone. Founded in 1874, it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Faculties & Graduate Schools
Shiga University has three faculties, the Fac ...
)and resigned his post of the Town Mayor of Hikone
280px, Hikone City Hall
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 111,958 in 49066 households and a population density of 570 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Hikone is ...
when he saw new-facility construction of Hikone Commercial College.)
*sister – Kinu Yabashi (née Yasui, married Jiro Yabashi, Audit & Supervisory board member of Juroku Bank (See also Tom and Jerry#Outside the United States to know Gifu
is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku ...
-based Juroku Bank))
*nephew – Otohiko Hara ( jp) (Formerly Otohiko Yabashi. Former Chief executive officer of Unitika
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Trading. One of the first Japanese businesspersons who lead Nichibo (Unitika) to the first overseas expansion of Japanese corporations after World War II
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)
*grandnephew – Shinya Yabashi (President of Yabashi Industries, Chairman of Ogaki Municipal Board of Education)
*grandnephew – Hideroku Hara
Hideroku Hara (原 秀六; born 1956) is a Japanese legal scholar and professor emeritus at Shiga University. He was granted the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law for his study of ''The Legal Theory on the Distribution of the Synergistic Ef ...
( jp) (Legal Scholar, Professor at Shiga University
, or is a national university in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, with campuses in the cities of Ōtsu and Hikone. Founded in 1874, it was chartered as a university in 1949.
Faculties & Graduate Schools
Shiga University has three faculties, the Fac ...
)Shiga University : Hideroku Hara
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References
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1899 births
1983 deaths
Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class
Toray Industries people