Background
Shinji Satomura was born in 1894 in Fukuoka Prefecture.
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Shinji Satomura was born in 1894 in Fukuoka Prefecture.
In 1921 Shinji Satomura entered Japan Steel Works, transferred to Japan Iron Works (1934). Served as chief of Pig Iron Manufacturing Section of Wanishi Iron Plant and also at Steel Manufacturing Control Association, becoming managing director of Fuji Iron & Steel Company (1950) and later president of Daido Steel Company.