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Shozo KAWASAKI (August 10, – December 2 ) was a Japanese politician as well as an entrepreneur. He was the founder of the Kobe Kawasaki combine. He was the founder of Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation as well as a member of the House of Peers.

He was a baron. His childhood name was Isoji.

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Personal Profile

He was born in Daikoku-cho near Kagoshima Castle in Kagoshima Province (currently Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture). He moved to Nagasaki at the age of 17 and engaged in trading, in which he handled gold and rice due to the domain order.

Although he was assigned as a Kagoshima municipal officer and Kurayashiki-warehouses officer, he convinced the domain to purchase a few Western sailing ships and gained an enormous profit by transporting goods from Satsuma to eastern regions.

After moving to Tokyo in , he became the vice-president of Japan Mail Steamship Company in and worked hard to open up the sea route for mail service between Tokyo and Ryukyu. In