Minoru Takita (, 15 December 1912 – 9 December 2000) was a

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trade union leader. Born in the

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, Takita qualified as an electrical engineer at Takaoka Technical College, then worked at Nisshin Bõseki. In 1948, he became the chair of the union at Nisshin Bōseki, and also of the Japan Federation of Textile Workers' Unions (Zensen), to which it was affiliated. In 1954, he additionally became president of the

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(Zenrō), serving until 1964, when it merged into the

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(Dōmei). Takita became a vice chair of the

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(ICFTU) in 1965, and in 1968 also became president of the

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. The same year, he became the president of the Dōmei. He resigned from the leadership of Zensen in 1971, becoming honorary president, and in 1972 he left the leadership of Dōmei. In retirement, Takita worked as an advisor to his former unions, and in 1981, he was awarded the First Class Great Cordon of the

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. He died in 2000.

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