Kenkichi Kagami on Time magazin conver 1931

was a Japanese businessman. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)
"Kagami Kenkichi"
in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 446.

Career

He graduated from

Hitotsubashi University , formerly known as , is a national university, national research university in Tokyo, Japan. Often regarded as Japan’s foremost institution for the study of the social sciences, particularly commerce, economics, law, political science, sociolog ...

(then ''Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō'' 'Higher Commercial School''. Kagami was a leader in Japan's maritime insurance business. From 1925 to 1939, Kagami was chairman of Tokyo Marine Insurance (''Tokio Kaijo Kasai''). In the same time period, he also headed other companies; and he was on the board of the core holding company of the

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group traces its origins to the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company that existed from 1870 to 194 ...

organization. In 1929-1935, he was president of

Nippon Yusen The , also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a fleet of over 820 ships, which includes container ships, Tanker (ship), tankers, bulk and woodchip carrie ...

. "Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) History" at FundingUniverse.com
retrieved 2013-5-7. For a time, he was also president of the

Mitsubishi Bank The was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo, founded in 1880. For much of the 20th century it was one of the largest Japanese banks, together with Dai-Ichi Bank, Mitsui Bank, Sumitomo Bank, and Yasuda / Fuji Bank. It served as the ma ...

References

External links

* National Diet Library
Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, Kagami Kenkichi
* Insurance Hall of Fame
Kenkichi Kagami
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kagami, Kenkichi People from Gifu Prefecture 1869 births 1939 deaths Japanese chief executives Japanese businesspeople in insurance Hitotsubashi University alumni