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TABLE

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MITI Vice-Ministers and Their Amakudari Positions (as of 1978)

(Parentheses under names indicate years of active service in MITI)

Name

Vice-minister dates

Amakudari position(s)

1. Yamamoto Takayuki (19291952)

5/493/52

Vice-president, Fuji Iron and Steel; died May 17, 1961.

2. Tamaki Keizo * (19301953)

3/5211/53

President, then chairman, Toshiba* Electric Co.

3. Hirai Tomisaburo* (19311955)

11/5311/55

President, then adviser, New Japan Steel Corp.

4. Ishihara Takeo (19321957)

11/556/57

Vice-president, then auditor, Tokyo Electric Power Co.

5. Ueno Koshichi* (19321960)

6/575/60

Vice-president, then adviser, Kansai Electric Power Co.; president, Kansai Oil Co.

6. Tokunaga Hisatsugu (19331961)

5/607/61

Vice-president, New Japan Steel Corp.; then president, Japan Petroleum Development Corp.

7. Matsuo Kinzo* (19341963)

7/617/63

Chairman, Nippon Kokan* Steel Co.

8. Imai Zen'ei (19371964)

7/6310/64

President, Japan Petrochemical Corp.

9. Sahashi Shigeru (19371966)

10/644/66

Sahashi Economic Research Institute; chairman, Japan Leisure Development Center.

10. Yamamoto Shigenobu (19391968)

4/665/68

Executive director, Toyota Motor Co.

11. Kumagai Yoshifumi (19401969)

5/6811/69

President, Sumitomo Metals Corp.

12. Ojimi* Yoshihisa (Spring 19411971)

11/696/71

President, Arabian Oil Co.

13. Morozumi Yoshihiko (Autumn 19411973)

6/717/73

President, Electric Power Development Company.

14. Yamashita Eimei (19431974)

7/7311/74

Managing director, Mitsui Trading Co.; president, Iran Chemical Development Co.

15. Komatsu Yugoro* (19441976)

11/747/76

Director, Kobe Steel Corp.