Ichiro Ishikawa

Business leader. Born in Tokyo. After graduating from the College of Technology at Tokyo Imperial University in 1909 (Meiji 42), he served as an assistant professor there for a time before becoming manager of a chemical company run by his father, and in the early Showa period he managed various chemical companies, including Dainihon Manmade Fertilizer. During World War II, he was chairman of the Chemical Industry Control Association. After the war, he worked to organize various economic organizations, and in 1948 (Showa 23), he became the first chairman of the Japan Business Federation (now the Japan Business Federation), and played a leading role in the recovery of Japan's economy and industry in close cooperation with Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru and Bank of Japan Governor Ichimada Hisato. After retiring as chairman in 1956, he became a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. Ishikawa's leadership, based on the philosophy of "sincerity," played a major role in achieving postwar recovery.

[Yui Tsunehiko]

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財界人。東京に生まれる。1909年（明治42）東京帝国大学工科大学卒業後、一時同大学の助教授を経て、父の経営する化学工業会社の支配人となり、昭和初年には大日本人造肥料など諸化学工業会社を経営した。第二次世界大戦中は化学工業統制会会長。戦後、経済諸団体の組織化に努め、1948年（昭和23）経済団体連合会（現、日本経済団体連合会）初代会長に就任し、吉田茂（首相）、一万田尚登(いちまだひさと)（日銀総裁）との緊密な連携のもとで、日本の経済、産業の復興に指導的役割を果たした。1956年会長を退いてからは、原子力委員会委員。戦後復興の達成には「至誠」を理念とした石川のリーダーシップが大きい。

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