Background
Akiyama Konosuke was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1884.
Akiyama Konosuke was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1884.
He joined the Dai Nihon Sugar Manufacturing Company in 1910 after graduating from an American university. Later became its vice-president. After the Pacific War, he re-established the Jiji Shimpo newspaper and became its auditor. He was appointed president of the Japan Monopoly Corporation in 1949.