Background
Matasaburo Yamashita was born in 1886 in Achi Prefecture, Japan.
又三郎 山下
Matasaburo Yamashita was born in 1886 in Achi Prefecture, Japan.
Matasaburo Yamashita graduated from Political Science Department of Tokyo University (1912).
Matasaburo Yamashita served as riji-kan (commissioner) of Hiroshima and Kagoshima Prefectural governments. Retired fromgovernment service (1922).
He served then as executive of various industrial organizations, chief of Social Affairs and Electricity bureaus of Tokyo Prefectural Government and president of Aikoku Kogyo (Industrial) Company. Matasaburo Yamashita became director of Kanto Electric Power Distribution Company (1960), director of Tokyo Electric Power Company (since 1961). Toured Europe and America to inspect transportation facilities.