Background
Jiro Nakayama was born in 1900 in Nigata Prefecture, Japan.
Jiro Nakayama was born in 1900 in Nigata Prefecture, Japan.
Graduated from Political Science Department of Tokyo University, 1925.
Administrative official of Archives & Documents Section of Communications Minister’s Secretariat, 1929. Chief at Osaka Communications Bureau, Nagoya Communications Bureau and Communications Ministry. Chief at Yubikyoku (General Post Office), Demmukyoku (Telegraph & Telephone Bureau) and Kokukyoku (Aviation Bureau). Appointed chief civil administrator of the army,1942. Director of General Maritime Aftairs Bureau and Shipbuilding Bureau of Java Military Administration Team, 1943. Director of Shisetsu Sokyoku (General Plant Engineering Bureau), 1945. Director of Telegraph and Telephone Bureau of Communications Ministry, 1947. President of Japan Shipping Communications Company, 1952.