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Appendix C

The Bureaucratic Careers of Vice-Ministers Sahashi and Imai

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Sahashi Shigeru

April 1937

Enters MCI as member of class of 1937. Total of 19 in class. Class association named Tokuwa Kai.

4/371/38

Assigned to Industrial Business Section, Industrial Affairs Bureau.

1/3810/41

Army service in China: accounting officer first lieutenant.

10/4111/46

Assigned to the Silk and Wool Section, Textiles Bureau, MCI; Iron and Steel Bureau, MM; Nagoya Munitions Superintendent's Office, MM; Iron and Steel Section, Mining Bureau, MCI (simultaneously chairman, Commerce and Industry Workers' Union).

11/465/47

First section chief appointment: chief, Labor Section, General Affairs Bureau, MCI.

5/4712/48

Chief, Paper Industry Section, Textiles Bureau (on 6/19/47 the section was transferred to the Daily Necessities Bureau).

12/488/51

Chief, Cotton Textiles Section, Textiles Bureau, MCI-MITI.

8/518/52

Chief, General Affairs Department, Sendai MITI Bureau.

8/527/54

Chief, Coal Policy Section, Coal Bureau.

7/546/57

Chief, Secretarial Section, Minister's Secretariat.

6/576/60

Deputy chief, Heavy Industries Bureau.

6/607/61

Chief, Heavy Industries Bureau.

7/617/63

Chief, Enterprises Bureau.

7/6310/64

Director, Patent Agency.

10/644/66

Vice-minister.

4/664/72

Sahashi's ''ronin *" (unemployed samurai) period.

4/72

Chairman of the board, Leisure Development Center, a MITI-sponsored association serving the tourism industry.