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was an entrepreneur and politician, who served as the final Minister of Commerce and Industry and first Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan) in post-war Japan. Inagaki was born in the city of Okayama. He graduated from the Economics Department of Keio University in 1913. Although he received a job offer from Mitsui Bussan, he was recruited personally by Furukawa Toranosuke, the president of the Fukukawa zaibatsu and went to work for Furukawa instead. During World War I, he was sent to Germany, where he negotiated a joint-venture, which Fuji Electric in 1923.〔Kudo. ''Japanese-German Business Relations''. page 12〕 Afterwards, he became a director of the Jiji Shimpo newspaper (1932), director of Yokohama Rubber Company (1942), president of Yokohama Rubber (1945) and chairman of Yokohama Rubber (1947). In 1947, Inagaki was elected to a seat in the Diet of Japan in 1947 Upper House election under the ''Minshutō'' banner. He supported efforts to join with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a coalition government in 1949, and became the final Minister of Commerce and Industry and first Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry under the 3rd Shigeru Yoshida administration.〔Nara. Yoshida. Page 75〕 In this post, he advised the American occupation authorities that he foresaw a time when China would become Japan’s most important trading partner.〔Scaller, Michael. ''The American Occupation of Japan''〕 Inagaki joined with Kamejiro Hayashida in 1950 to form the ''Minshu Kurabu'' (Democratic Club), which later merged with the Liberal Party.〔Watanabe. ''Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age''. Page 158〕 However, in the 1953 Upper House election, he chose to run as an independent, but was not elected. Afterwards, Inagaski served as chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC),〔Shizimu, ''Creating People of Plenty''. Page 215〕 chairman of Nippon Broadcasting System, chairman of Nippon Zeon Corporation, and as a director of the Institute of National Policy Research. He attempted a return to politics in the Japanese House of Councillors election, 1962 under the LDP banner, but failed to secure a seat. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class in 1971. ==References== *Kudo, Akira. ''Japanese-German Business Relations: Co-operation and Rivalry in the Interwar Era''. Routledge Japanese Studies Series. (2002) ISBN 0203018516 *Nara, Hiroshia, ''Yoshida Shigeru: Last Meiji Man''. Rowman & Littlefield. (2007) ISBN 0742539334 *Scaller, Michael. ''The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia''. Oxford University Press (1988) ISBN 0199878846 *Shimizu, Sayuri. Creating People of Plenty. Kent State University Press (2001) ISBN 978-0-87338-706-4 *Watanabe, Tsuneo. ''Japan's Backroom Politics: Factions in a Multiparty Age''. Lexington Books (2013) ISBN 0739173901 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heitarō Inagaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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