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Otohiko Ichiki
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Otohiko Ichiki

Japanese businessman1

Otohiko Ichiki (市来 乙彦, Ichiki Otohiko; 7 May 1872 – 19 February 1954) was a Japanese bureaucrat, politician, and central banker. He served as the Minister of Finance, the 10th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Mayor of Tokyo City, and a member of the National Diet.2

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Born May 7, 1872, died Feb 19, 1954.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Tokyo3

Ichiki was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture. He finished the local school, Middle School Zoshikan. He entered the Higher Middle School Zoshikan of Kagoshima too, but he dropped out for financial reason. He went to Tokyo in 1889 and stayed in Inajiro Tajiri's house as a live-in student (Mr.Tajiri was an economist and financial bureaucracy). Ichiki finished the First Higher Middle School where was Tokyo in 1893. He graduated from the College of Law, Imperial University and entered Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1896.

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Career

Occupation: banker, politician.6

  • 1923 to 1927Governor of the Bank of Japan4
  • 1923 to 1927Chair, Bank of Japan5
  • Date not recordedMember of the House of Peers4
  • Date not recordedMember of the House of Councillors4

In 1922–1923, Ichiki was briefly finance minister in the cabinet of Katō Tomosaburō. As head of the Ministry of Finance, he was cautious in response to unsettled financial situation. Ichiki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from 5 September 1923, through 10 May 1927.

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Personal life

  • BornMay 7, 1872, Kagoshima Prefecture7
  • CitizenshipEmpire of Japan, Japan8

Awards

  • Date not recordedOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class9

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