Background
Toru was born in 1911, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Toru was born in 1911, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
He graduated from Hiroshima Commercial School in 1930.
He entered Nihon Seiko Kaisha (Nihon Steel Manufacturing Company) and became a member of Hiyoshi-Gumi Civil Engineering & Construction Association associated with the same company.
Became a manager in 1943 and then senior managing director of Hiyoshi Kensetsu Unyu Kaisha (Hiyoshi Construction & Transportation Company) and continued in that post after the company was renamed Nikko Transportation Company in 1954. Holds additional posts as an official of several other companies.