Background
Sato Kinji was born on 1909 in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Sato Kinji was born on 1909 in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Served first with Nihon Denryoku Kaisha (Japan Electric Power Company) and then entered Fuji Aircraft Company (1942) and served as chief of its General Affairs, Accounting and Property Custody sections. Became senior managing director (1945) and then president of Sato Industrial Company (since 1946). Appointed chairman of Toyama Prefectural Construction Industry Association (1948), counselor of Higashi Nippon Kensetsugyo Hosho Kaisha (Eastern Japan Construction Industry Security Company) (1952).