15 Facts About Fusanosuke Kuhara

Fusanosuke Kuhara was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.

Fusanosuke Kuhara's brother was the founder of Nippon Suisan Kaisha and his uncle Fujita Densaburo was the founder of the Fujita zaibatsu.

Fusanosuke Kuhara studied in 1885 at the Tokyo Commercial School and went on to graduate from Keio University.

Fusanosuke Kuhara introduced new technologies and made the mine very profitable.

Fusanosuke Kuhara established Hitachi Seisakusho in 1910, merging his operations into Kuhara Kogyo in 1912.

However, the overextended company experienced severe financial difficulties in the post-war depression, and Fusanosuke Kuhara turned to his brother-in-law, Yoshisuke Aikawa, who created a holding company called Nihon Sangyo, or Nissan for short.

Fusanosuke Kuhara went on to a career in politics, forging ties with future Prime Minister Giichi Tanaka and other political and military leaders, which Aikawa would later use to his advantage.

In 1928, Fusanosuke Kuhara was elected to the lower house of the Diet of Japan as a member of the Rikken Seiyukai from the Yamaguchi 1st Electoral District, and was made Minister of Communications the same year in the Tanaka administration.

Fusanosuke Kuhara served as secretary-general of the Rikken Seiyukai in 1931 under Inukai Tsuyoshi.

Politically, Fusanosuke Kuhara supported a hard-line approach against China, and was a vocal supporter of a constitutional reform intended to transform Japan into a one-party state.

Fusanosuke Kuhara was one of the key organizers of the League of Diet Members Carry Through the Holy War.

Fusanosuke Kuhara played an important role in the restoration of Russo-Japanese relations and Sino-Japanese relations.

Fusanosuke Kuhara died at his home in Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo in January 1965.

Fusanosuke Kuhara's home is the Happo-en, a hotel with a noted Japanese garden.

Fusanosuke Kuhara was running true locomotives in the garden for his children.