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Yataro Iwasaki

Yataro Iwasaki. As a founder of Mitsubishi. Yataro Iwasaki. 9 January 1835-7 February 1885 He was born in the province of Aki, Tosa Province. Began his career working on Tosa clan . He went to Edo (now Tokyo) when he was nineteen years old. Early his life.

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Yataro Iwasaki

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  1. Yataro Iwasaki As a founder of Mitsubishi

  2. Yataro Iwasaki • 9 January 1835-7 February 1885 • He was born in the province of Aki, TosaProvince. • Began his career working on Tosa clan. • He went to Edo (now Tokyo) when he was nineteen years old.

  3. Early his life • Began his career working on Tosa clan. • He went to Edo (now Tokyo) when he was nineteen years old. • He was sent to prison for seven months • Job as a village schoolteacher.

  4. Back to EDO • Studied under the reformist Toyo Yoshida. • Promoted to top positions in the Tosa clan trading office in Nagasaki. 吉田 東洋 (Yoshida Touyou) Yoshida was Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Yodo’s most trusted and reformed-minded minister.

  5. After the Meiji Restoration • Tsukumo Trading Company. The Company changed its name to Mitsubishi in 1873.

  6. As a top of Mitsubishi • Formosan Incident occurred. • Fifty-four Japanese fishermen were killed on the island of Formosa (China). • Yataro won the right to operate government vessels.

  7. Connected to Government • Personal allegiance to the new Japanese government. • Carry mail and other government supplies. • Buy more ships and increase Mitsubishi's shipping lanes.

  8. Nagasaki Shipyard • In 1884 he took a lease of the Nagasaki Shipyard. • In 1885, Yataro lost control of the shipping companies. • The company became Nippon Yusen.

  9. Other business • His net worth exceeding one million yen. • Mitsubishi Bank. • Tokyo Marine and Fire. • Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine.

  10. Thank you for listening!

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