Background
Yoshito Sakurai was born in 1905 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Yoshito Sakurai was born in 1905 in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Graduated from the Agriculture Department, Tokyo University (1928).
He was an authority on chemistry of nutrition, he has determined the nutritive value of manv foodstuffs. Wrote many books on nutrition. He was also a chief of the Food and Nutrition Section, Food Research Institute, of the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry.