Aiichiro Fujiyama

Aiichirō Fujiyama
藤山 愛一郎
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office July 10, 1957 – July 19, 1960
Prime Minister	Nobusuke Kishi
Preceded by	Nobusuke Kishi
Succeeded by	Zentaro Kosaka
Personal details
Born	May 22, 1897 Tokyo, Japan
Died	February 22, 1985 (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Keio University

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.

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Fujiyama memorial hall in Keio University Hiyoshi campus

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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 as a suspected war criminal. After his release he represented Japan at the 1951 UNESCO meeting in Paris.

Fujiyama was elected to Parliament in 1957 and was reelected five times. As Japan's foreign minister (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 as director of Japan's Economic Planning Agency.

Political offices
Preceded by Mamoru Takahashi	Director of the Economic Planning Agency 1965–1966	Succeeded by Eisaku Satō
Preceded by Hisatsune Sakomizu	Director of the Economic Planning Agency 1961–1962	Succeeded by Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by Nobusuke Kishi	Minister for Foreign Affairs 1957–1960	Succeeded by Zentaro Kosaka
Business positions
Preceded by Ryutaro Takahashi	Head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1951–1957	Succeeded by Tadashi Adachi
Preceded by Yoshiaki Hatta	Head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1941–1946	Succeeded by Ryutaro Takahashi