Taizō Ishizaka Explained
| Taizō Ishizaka |
| Native Name: | 石坂 泰三 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Office: | President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1886 |
| Alma Mater: | Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo |
was a leading Japanese businessman [1] [2] [3] and President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations (now the Japan Business Federation)[4] who served as Chairman of the National Board of the Boy Scouts of Japan.[5]
Background
Ishizaka was born into a middle-class, landed family in 1886. He studied at the First Higher School and the University of Tokyo. Upon graduating in 1911, he took a job at the Ministry of Communications. He later met Tsuneta Yano, the chief executive of Dai-ichi Insurance Company, and started working there in 1915. He became the company's chief executive in 1938.
In 1949, he was asked to become the chief executive of Toshiba, and he saved the company from potential bankruptcy by negotiating with the trade union and laying off 6,000 workers. In 1956, in his role as President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations, he presented a request to the Japanese ruling party for the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama.[6]
In 1971, Ishizaka was the 65th awardee of the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.[7] In 1966 he also received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.[8]
See also
Notes and References
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TxMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mOcDAAAAIBAJ&dq=taizo%20ishizaka&pg=7068%2C36909 Japanese Public Relations
- Japanese Business Leader Taizo Ishizaka Dies at 88.Headed Powerful Economic Group for 12 Years; Strongly Favored Foreign Investment in Nation. Mar 7, 1975. Los Angeles Times.
- Taizo Ishizaka Is Dead at 88; Industrialist Headed Expo '70; A Ruler of Industry. March 7, 1975. New York Times
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DToxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3gAEAAAAIBAJ&dq=taizo%20ishizaka&pg=7385%2C3763816 Japan Seeks New Outlets to Offset Export Decline
- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0oQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2-sFAAAAIBAJ&dq=taizo%20ishizaka&pg=5497%2C1976265 Hatoyama to retire?
- Web site: List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award . . scout.org . 2019-05-01.
- Web site: 2014-05-23. ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 . Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan . http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf . https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf . 2020-08-11 . Reinanzaka Scout Club. ja.
