Background
Saburo Chiba was born in 1894.
Saburo Chiba was born in 1894.
Returning to Japan (1922), he became a businessman and was connected with the Kanegafuchi Spinning Co., Japan Gunpowder Co. Sagami Railway Co., etc. Elected to the House of Representatives six times since 1924. Appointed deputy chief of the Engineering Board and Governor of Kochi Prefecture. Became Labor Minister of the first Hatoyama Cabinet. Belongs to the Jiyu-Minshuto party. He served also as president of Tokyo University of Agriculture. He retired from politics in 1976. In later years, he devoted himself to the development of new forms of energy in Brazil.