Background
Kusuyata Kimura was born in 1865. He was the second son of Toru Okada, a retainer of the Tosa Clan (Kochi Prefecture). He was adopted by the Kimura family (1877),
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Kusuyata Kimura
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Kusuyata Kimura attended the political course at Tokyo University. While still a student was appointed tutor by Yanosuke Iwasaki, and this connection enabled him to join the Mitsubishi group after graduating (1890).
Career
Kusuyata Kimura was appointed manager of Nagasaki branch (1895) and promoted to managing director (1920). He is ranked with Sadaeda Eguchi as the men who built up the great industrial empire of the Mitsubishi group of companies.
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1920