Background
Fumio Shimoda was born in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture in 1894.
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Fumio Shimoda was born in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture in 1894.
He graduated from Kobe Higher Commercial School in 1917.
He entered Mitsubishi Paper Manufacturing Company and then became secretary in 1930 and manager of the head office in 1938. Then he was superintendent of Nakagawa Plant and Takasago Plant in 1940, executive director in 1946, and president in 1948. He toured U.S. and Canada in 1926.