Background
Shiikuma Saburo was born on April 11, 1895 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shiikuma Saburo was born on April 11, 1895 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shiikuma entered the Otaru Shimbun (newspaper) in Hokkaido. Following the war, he was elected to the House of Representatives six times. Saburo also served as the Administrative Vice-Minister of Communication, before the war.
He was known as an outspoken anti-Communist.