Background
Yamada Ninzo was born in 1885 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
Yamada Ninzo was born in 1885 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
Yamada Ninzo graduated from Yamaguchi Middle School in 1906 and later from Military Academy.
Yamada rose to the rank of major and then was placed on the reserve list. He served as president of Shirokiya Department Store and Marichuria Heavy Industry Company. He was a president of Janome Sangyo Kaisha (Janome Industrial Company), manufacturers of sewing machines (since 1950). Yamada Ninzo assumed additional post of managing director of Tokyo Metropolitan Horse-Racing Company in 1950.