Background
Nobuki Takeda was born in 1894 in Kochi, Japan.
延己 武田
Nobuki Takeda was born in 1894 in Kochi, Japan.
He graduated from Applied Chemistry Department of Tokyo Higher Technical School in 1918.
In 1918 Nobuki Takeda entered Mitsubishi Paper Manufacturing Company. He transferred to Edogawa Kogyosho (Edogawa Industrial Works ) in 1931, which later was renamed Edogawa Chemical Industry Company, and became manager of its Yamakita, Osaka and Tokyo plants, director in 1946 and then managing director in 1949.