The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
CELEBRITIES IN
JAPANESE PARTY
Visiting Commercial Commission
Includes Successful
Bankers.

here today are some of the most prom.
inent and wealthy men of Japan. All
men of affairs and of high standing
in the community, they represent, in
their different lines, the very best that
can be found in Japan.
Finance is mostly represented, but
literature and the law are also not
without their votaries in the party.
Among the financiers is Z. Shibusawa,
one of the best.known capitalists of
Japan. At the time of the restora.
ton, or shortly afterwards, he was
employed with Marquis Inouye in re.
modelling the finances of the kingdom.
He gave all his attention to this work
for six years, when he had disagree
ment with the rest of the committee,
retired and went into business for him.
self.
He actually started the first bank
in Japan and named it the First Ma.
tional Bank of Japan. This was in
Toxic. He comes of a very ancient
military family; in fact, his ancestors
were faithful retainers of the Shotgun
ate until after the restoration. Up
to the last few years he was n director
in more companies than any other man
in Japan, but recently he has sold out
most of his holdings and now takes an
active interest in about three COM
panies.
A successful stock broker, who was
at one time an equally successful pol.
itician, is B. Nakano. He comes from
the town of Sanuki, and was one of
the members Of the Japanese diet OF
parliament in its first session. After
several terms in the diet, he left poll.
tics for business, and was very sue.
eessful. He is chief director Of the
Toxic Stock Exchange and is president
of the Toxic Chamber of Commerce.
Although sixty.six years old, he is still
a very active man.
One of the younger members of the
party is s. Sataki, who. though only
about forty-five years old, is president
of the Toxic Electric Company and is
largely interested in several other
thriving concerns. He takes an ac.
tive interest in politics and is a mem.
Der OF parliament.
OF the Roosevelt Type.
"a man of the Roosevelt type,v is
the way in which friend of his once
described K. Nezu. He is a sef.made
man in every way, having amassed
fortune of Y3,O00,OOO. He is promi.
nent member of the Toxic Stock Elk.
change and takes an active part in the
country's financial affairs. His meth.
DDS are bold rather than suave, and he
has proved himself a veritable general
of finance. Most of his money was
made by bold strokes, and he has
many times turned threatened disaster
into great financial victory by his
straight and outspoken ways.
Known in New York.
The Horikoshi Company of New
York is well known to everybody con.
nected with the silk industry. This
company was founded by ]. Horikoshi.
who is a member of the party After
course in the Toxic Commercial
School, he went to New York, where
he started in the silk importing bust
ness. Besides being a successful bust
ness man, he has literary tastes and is
well known as most entertaining con-
tributor to the Japanese magazines.
One of the visitors who left the law
TO enter high finance is NJ. Dol. After
the restoration period he was made n
lug, put ieis tne pensh 10 become
mitomo family, one of the richest, if
nresent bo Ia tbe nres;dent nf the
Osaka Chamhor NJ Commerce and 10
looked nm to as one If tbe most 70.
liable and conservatives 6nanciers in tbe
country
The Nespitt OF Japan
The Nesbitt of Japan is H. Iwaya,
writer of note, but famous principal
ly for the delightful stories which he
writes for children. The japanese pub
locations are only too eager to secure
stories from his pen, and he is known
and loved by nearly every child in the
kingdom. He studied several years in
Europe, principally in Berlin, and is
now the head of the great publishing
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