Article Title
Publication Date
Spring 1991
Abstract
Kojiro Nishikawa, former Professor of the College of Commerce, Nihon University, passed away on August 28, 1990, as he neared the age of 94. Nishikawa was graduated from Kobe Commercial College (present Kobe University) in 1920 and began his career as an employee of Mitsubishi Corporation, one of the largest trading companies in Japan. In 1931, Professor Nishikawa became the head of the accounting section of Mitsubishi Oil Company, Ltd. As a young merchant, Nishikawa worked at the Seattle and New York branches of Mitsubishi Corporation. In 1943 at 47 years of age, Paymaster Second Lieutenant Nishikawa was called into the army. Excluding the 2 years and 8 months in Java during the War, he was a businessman until 1964. Mitsubishi Oil had promoted him to the positions of treasurer and director.
Recommended Citation
Kimizuka, Yoshiro
(1991)
"Memorial: The late life-member Kojiro Nishikawa (1896-1990); Late life-member Kojiro Nishikawa (1896-1990),"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 14
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No.
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