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Fusanosuke Kuhara (久原 房之助, Kuhara Fusanosuke, 12 July 1869 – 29 January 1965) was an entrepreneur, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Businessperson , Politician. Description. After graduating from Keio Gijuku, he joined Morimura-gumi. He joined Fujita-gumi (fujitagumi group) in 1891 and contributed to the reconstruction of the Kosaka Mine. After going independent in 1905, he took over the Akazawa Kozan (Akazawa Copper Mine) and founded the Hitachi Kozan (Hitachi Copper Mine).
Fusanosuke KUHARA (July 12, 1869-January 29, 1965) was a Japanese businessman and statesman before the war. He was also called "Kozan ou" (king of mining industry) for bening a president of Kuhara Kogyosho (Hitachi copper mine), which later became Hitachi, Ltd. and Kuhara Zaibatsu .
Fusanosuke Kuhara established Hitachi Seisakusho in 1910, merging his operations into Kuhara Kogyo in 1912.
The founder, Fusanosuke Kuhara, realized that it would be imperative to provide employees with an environment in which they can work with peace of mind, in order to build business success at the Hitachi Mine, which was also located at a desolate area distant from urban regions.
Fusanosuke Kuhara was an entrepreneur, syndicalist, politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan.
Kuhara Fusanosuke was the nephew of the founder of Fujita. Kuhara became the manager of an unprofitable Fujita silver mine at Kosaka. Kuhara transformed the unprofitable Kosaka silver mine into a profitable copper mine by utilizing the low grade copper ore available there.
