Ryōichi Sasakawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese politician
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Place of Birth: Minō, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
About Ryōichi Sasakawa
- Ryoichi Sasakawa (?? ??, Sasakawa Ryoichi, May 4, 1899 – July 18, 1995) was a Japanese businessman, politician, and philanthropist.
- He was born in Minoh, Osaka.
- In the 1930s and during the Second World War he was active both in finance and in politics, actively supporting the Japanese war effort including raising his own paramilitary units.
- He was elected to the Japanese parliament during the war.
- After Japan's defeat he was imprisoned for a time, accused of war crimes, and then found financial success in various business ventures including motorboat racing and ship building.
- He supported anticommunist activities, including the World Anti-Communist League.
- In 1951 he helped found the Nippon Foundation and became its first president.
- The foundation has done charitable work around the world, for which it and Sasakawa have received many official honors.
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