Background
Taizo Shimauchi was born in 1898 in Saga, Japan.
Taizo Shimauchi was born in 1898 in Saga, Japan.
In 1922 entered Mitsui Kozan Kaisha (Coal Mine Company) and served as chief of Shisetsu-bu (Engineering Department) of its Kinzoku-kyoku (Metals Bureau), chief of Engineering and Peace Departments of Fukuoka Kogyo Kaisha (Fukuoka Mining Company), chief of Construction Department of Kushikirio Kogyo-sho (Kushikino Mining Station), director and chief of Engineering Department (1951) and became counselor of Mitsui Metal Industry Company (since 1954) and vice-president of Nishi-Nippon (Western Japan) Electric Wire Company (since 1953).