Kizo Yasui

Kizo Yasui
安居 喜造
Born (1899-12-02)December 2, 1899
Hikone, Japan
Died September 30, 1983(1983-09-30) (aged 83)
Tokyo, Japan
Education Bachelor of Commerce
Alma mater Hitotsubashi University
Occupation • vice-president of Mitsui Bank
• president of Mitsui Petroleum and Chemical Industries (now, Mitsui Chemicals)
• chairman of the board of directors of Toray Industries
• vice-chairman of Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
• the 4th chairman of audit committee of Japanese National Railways
• general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of Ise Shrine Revered Board
Parent(s) Kizo Yasui
Relatives • Jiro Yabashi
(spouse of his sister, Kinu Yabashi (Yasui))
• Hideroku Hara (grandnephew)

Kizo Yasui (安居 喜造, Yasui Kizō, December 2, 1899 – September 30, 1983) was a Japanese corporate executive.[1] He held the positions of the chairman of the board of directors of Toray Industries, vice-president of Mitsui Bank, president of Mitsui Petroleum & Chemical Industries, vice-chairman of Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), chairman of Japan Chemical Fibers Association and others.[2][1] He was also general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of Ise Shrine Revered Board. He dedicated himself to reconstructing Japanese National Railways as the 4th chairman of audit committee thereof. He received Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1979.

Biography

Yasui was born in Hikone, Shiga. He carried on his father's name, Kizo. His older sister, Kinu, married into a distinguished family in Akasaka-juku (Nakasendō), the Yabashis[3][4][5][6]. Hideroku Hara is his grandnephew. Yasui graduated from Shiga First Junior High School (now, Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School) and from Tokyo College of Commerce (now, Hitotsubashi University) in 1926 under the old system of education. While in the College, he joined the seminar of Prof. Kin-no-suke Otsuka[7][8].

He entered Mitsui Bank after graduation. He became managing director, senior managing director and vice-president of Mitsui Bank in 1959, president of Mitsui Petroleum & Chemical Industries (now, Mitsui Chemicals) in 1961,[1] vice-president of Tōyō Rayon (now, Toray Industries) in 1963, chairman of the board of directors of Toray Industries in 1971 and senior advisor to the board of directors of Toray Industries in 1977.

During this period, he successively held the positions of vice-chairman of Nihon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), chairman of Japan Chemical Fibers Association, general manager of Tokyo Metropolis of Ise Shrine Revered Board, member of the board of Japan Association of Corporate Executives, member of Tax Research Committee of Prime Minister's Office (Japan), 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 in 1979.[1]

He died in 1983 at the age of 83 of pneumonia.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "安居 喜造".
  2. ↑ Weng, Will. "OIL CRISIS BRINGS A DIVERSIFICATION".
  3. ↑ "産業遺産・文化財の紹介　詳細：西美濃地域産業観光ガイド ～産業観光施設・企業、産業遺産・文化財の紹介～". www.ginet.or.jp.
  4. ↑ "3・御茶屋屋敷.(矢橋家)".
  5. ↑ "美濃赤坂宿". binzume.sakura.ne.jp.
  6. ↑ "街道". www.geocities.jp.
  7. ↑ 1991/11/10, 日本経済新聞
  8. ↑ 「大塚先生とお別れする会」のご案内
  9. ↑ yasui kizo kaisoroku. pp. 333, 334, 399–411.
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