Kosaku Inaba

Kosaku Inaba (稲葉 興作, Inaba Kōsaku, January 16, 1924 – November 16, 2006) was a Singapore-born Japanese businessman, former president of Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1993–2001) and second president of Nippon Kaigi (1998–2001).[1] He was a graduate of Azabu High School and Tokyo Institute of Technology. He joined the Ishikawajima Shibaura Turbine Co. in 1946. In 1962, the company merged with Ishikawajima-Shibaura Seiki Co. and Shibaura Sewing Machine Co. and changed its name to its current one. Inaba rose through the ranks as board director, managing director and senior vice president before becoming president of the company in 1983 and chairman in 1995.[2] He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.[3]

Preceded by Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1993–2001 		Succeeded by
Nobuo Yamamoto
Preceded by
Rokuro Ishikawa
 Chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1993–2001 		Succeeded by
Nobuo Yamamoto
Preceded by President of Nippon Kaigi
1998–2001 		Succeeded by
Toru Miyoshi
  1. ^ "Obituary: Kosaku Inaba". The Japan Times Online. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Inaba Kōsaku". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Nobel chemist, ex-Kobe mayor among government honorees". The Japan Times Online. 2003-04-30. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2020-01-17.