Aiichirō Fujiyama
藤山 愛一郎
Director of the Economic Planning Agency
In office
3 June 1965  4 November 1966
Prime MinisterEisaku Satō
Preceded byMamoru Takahashi
Succeeded byEisaku Satō (acting)
In office
18 July 1961  6 July 1962
Prime MinisterHayato Ikeda
Preceded byHisatsune Sakomizu
Succeeded byHayato Ikeda (acting)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
July 10, 1957  July 19, 1960
Prime MinisterNobusuke Kishi
Preceded byNobusuke Kishi
Succeeded byZentaro Kosaka
Chairman of Japan Airlines
In office
August 1951  September 1953
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKunizō Hara
Personal details
Born(1897-05-22)May 22, 1897
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 22, 1985(1985-02-22) (aged 87)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party
Alma materKeio University (Incomplete)

Aiichirō Fujiyama (藤山 愛一郎, Fujiyama Aiichirō, May 22, 1897 – February 22, 1985) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and business executive.[1]

Fujiyama memorial hall in Keio University Hiyoshi campus
The garden of Fujiyama family

A business executive who symbolized "big business" in Japan as president of Dai Nippon Sugar Manufacturing Co. and executive officer of Nitto Chemical Industry Co., he used his influence to bring about the fall of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō in 1944.

After Japan's World War II surrender, Fujiyama was imprisoned without a trial for three years, having been accused of "war crimes". After his release he represented Japan at the 1951 UNESCO meeting in Paris and later served as Chairman of Japan Airlines (1951-1953).

Fujiyama was elected to Parliament in 1957 and was reelected five times. As Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi (1957–60), he headed Japan's first delegation to the United Nations (1957), helped revise the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty (1960), and promoted the restoration of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. He also served in the cabinet of Kishi's successor Hayato Ikeda as Director of Japan's Economic Planning Agency.[2]

During the 1960s, he controlled a personal faction within the LDP, closely aligned with the Kishi faction, and ran unsuccessfully several times for presidency of the LDP.

In 1970, Fujiyama made an unsanctioned trip to the People's Republic of China in an effort to expand Japanese trade relations with China.

References

  1. "Aiichiro Fujiyama, 87; Ex-Japanese Politician". The New York Times. 1985-02-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  2. Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 94. ISBN 978-0674984424.
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