Machida Chūji
Machida Chūji 町田忠治 | |
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Akita, Akita , Japan | |
| Died | November 12, 1946 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | entrepreneur, politician, cabinet minister |
Machida Chūji (町田忠治, 17 May 1863 – 12 November 1946) was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Biography
Machida was born in
On the recommendation of
In May 1893, Machida departed Yokohama for the United States, and from there to England, where he spent a year studying finance and economics. After his return to Japan, in November 1895, he helped establish the Toyo Keizai Shimbun, an economics newspaper.[2] However, in December the following year, at the recommendation of Tameyuki Amano, he became an assistant director of the Bank of Japan.
In January 1898, Machida was requested by Bank of Japan chairman Iwasaki Yanosuke to go to Osaka as an auditor to investigate irregularities and managerial disputes. He subsequently became chairman of Yamaguchi Bank (the forerunner of Sanwa Bank)
Political career
On May 15, 1912 Machida was elected to a seat from the Akita district in the
From 1919–1926, Machida was also president of the Hochi Shimbun.[3] Machida was defeated in the
In 1935, Machida, in his role as Japanese Minister of Commerce and Industry, met with former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, W. Cameron Forbes. Forbes was Chairman of an American Economic Mission to Japan and China to promote good business relations. The May 3rd, 1935 photo to the right presents Forbes visiting Machida at Machida's official residence in Tokyo. Together, they renegotiated agreements that would improve commercial relations between the two nations. [4]
Machida was promoted as a possible successor to Wakatsuki Reijirō has party president, which he accepted in 1935; however, although he remained party president until 1940,
After World War II, Machida briefly became the first president of the
References
- Salapino, Robert A. Democracy and the Party Movement in Prewar Japan. University of California Press (1975) ISBN 0520029143
- Brownlee, W. Elliott. The Political Economy of Transnational Tax Reform . Cambridge University Press (2013) ISBN 1107033160
- Freeman, Laurie Ann. Closing the Shop: Information Cartels and Japan's Mass Media . Princeton University Press (2012) ISBN 1400845874
- Van Sant, John. Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations . Scarecrow Press (2007) ISBN 0810864622-
- Masuda, Hiroshi MacArthur in Asia. Cornell University Press (2012) ISBN 0801466180-
Notes
- ^ Brownlee. The Political Economy of Transnational Tax Reform. Page 148
- ^ Brownlee. Page162
- ^ Freeman. Closing the Shop . page 33
- ^ "Introduction to The Art of Peace: the illustrated biography of Prince Iyesato Tokugawa". TheEmperorAndTheSpy.com. 2020.
- ^ Scalapino. Democracy and the Party Movement in Prewar Japan. Page 371
- ^ Van John Sant. Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations. Page 25
- ^ Masuda, MacArthur in Asia. Page 222
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