Background
Ichiro Shirai was born in 1887 in Kure, Japan.
一朗 白井
Ichiro Shirai was born in 1887 in Kure, Japan.
Ichiro Shirai became director of Nihon Alcohol Company (1938), president of Toa Brewing Company and Showa Sangyo Kaisha (Showa Inustrial Company) (1940), manager of Hiroshima Prefectural Sake Brewers Union (1941), auditor of Kure Soy Manufacturing Company (1946) and served as official of many other brewing and foodstuff companies and organizations.
President of Chugoku Jozo Kaisha (Chugoku Brewing Company) (since 1931) and Nihon Shokuhin Kaisha (Japan Foodstuff Company) (since 1947).
Additional posts: vice-chairman of Hiroshima Prefectural Chamber of Commerce & Industry, counselor of Hiroshima Sake Brewers' Union, vice-chairman of Hiroshima Prefectural Electric Power Council, chairman of Hiroshima Prefectural Employers' Association, chairman of Hiroshima Rotary Club, permanent director of Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, director of Radio Chugoku Broadcasting Corporation, chairman of Hiroshima Prefectural Social Insurance Association and member of many other pubiic and industrial organizations in Hiroshima Prefecture.