Background
Katsuji was born in 1898 in Ishikawa, Japan.
Businessman newspaper executive
Katsuji was born in 1898 in Ishikawa, Japan.
In 1916, graduated from Kanazawa 1st Middle School.
In 1944, entered Daimaru Company at Miya City and after it was merged into Yamato Company became its managing director and then in 1953, senior managing director.
Holds additional posts:of the president of Ho- kurilcu Shimbun (Newspaper) and Tsugaru Seishi (Paper) Company since 1948, and director of Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Nihon Hyakkaten Kuraiai (Japan Department Store Union) and chairman of Hokuriku Department Store Association.