Seki Hajime

Japanese: 関一 - せきはじめ

Born: September 26, 1873 in Izu
[Died] January 26, 1935. Osaka social policy scholar, urban economist, mayor of Osaka. After graduating from Tokyo Higher Commercial School (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1893, he joined the Ministry of Finance. He became a teacher at Kobe Commercial School in 1894 and principal of Niigata Municipal Commercial School in 1896, before becoming a professor at Tokyo Higher Commercial School in 1897. From 1998 to 1901, he studied social policy and transport policy in Belgium and Germany. In 1909, he protested the abolition of the specialized department at the Higher Commercial School and voluntarily dismissed himself, but was reinstated in 1911. In 1914, he became deputy mayor of Osaka on the recommendation of Toda Kaiichi. In 1917, he established the Urban Improvement Planning Research Committee and worked hard on the construction of Midosuji. He became mayor of Osaka in 1923 and hosted the first national urban problems conference in 1927. He consistently advocated social reformist social policies, opposed the austerity policy of the Kenseikai/Minseito Party, and took a line of industrial modernization and industrial promotion. His books include "Industrial Policy" (1911-13) and "Housing Problems and Urban Planning" (23).

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[生]1873.9.26. 伊豆
[没]1935.1.26. 大阪
社会政策学者，都市経済学者，大阪市長。 1893年東京高等商業学校 (現一橋大学) 卒業後，大蔵省入省。 94年神戸商業学校教諭，96年新潟市立商業学校校長を経て，97年東京高等商業学校教授。 98～1901年ベルギー，ドイツに留学，社会政策，交通政策を学ぶ。 09年高等商業学校専攻部廃止に抗議し依願免官，11年復職。 14年戸田海市の推薦により大阪市助役。 17年都市改良計画調査会を設置し，御堂筋建設に尽力。 23年大阪市長，27年第1回全国都市問題会議を主催。一貫して社会改良主義的社会政策を主張，憲政会＝民政党の緊縮財政路線に反対し，工業近代化，産業振興の路線をとった。著書に『工業政策』 (1911～13) ，『住宅問題と都市計画』 (23) など。

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