*anese politician

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

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

A business executive who symbolized "big business" in *an 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 *an'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 *an at the 1951 UNESCO meeting in Paris.

Fujiyama was elected to Parliament in 1957 and was reelected five times. As *an's foreign minister (1957–60) he headed *an's first delegation to the United Nations (1957), helped revise the U.S.–*an Security Treaty (1960), and promoted the restoration of diplomatic relations between *an and China. He also served as director of *an's Economic Planning Agency.

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Aiichirō Fujiyama in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW