Background
Mitsuo Yamashita was born in 1889 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
光男 山下
Mitsuo Yamashita was born in 1889 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Mitsuo Yamashita graduated from Nara Agricultural and Forestry School (1907).
Mitsuo Yamashita entered Kanto Hydroelectric Power Company (1925). He became director (1937) and then auditor (1941) of Kanto Steel Manufactoring Company. Appointed director (1938), managing director (1941), senior managing director (1946) and president (since 1949) of Kanto Electrification Industry Company.