Aiichiro Fujiyama, 87; Served as Foreign Minister of Japan
Aiichiro Fujiyama, a businessman and politician who once served as foreign minister, died Friday in a Tokyo hospital where he was being treated for a stomach ulcer, a hospital spokesman said. He was 87.
As foreign minister, Fujiyama participated in the negotiations that led to the revision of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in 1960. He later served as director-general of the Economic Planning Agency.
He was the eldest son of a prominent businessman, Raita Fujiyama. After graduating from Keio University, he succeeded his father as president of the Dai Nippon Sugar Manufacturing Co. in 1930 and later served as chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1941.
He entered politics in 1957 when he was appointed minister of foreign affairs in the government of Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
Before retiring from politics in 1975, he was reelected to Parliament five times as a candidate of the governing Liberal Democratic Party and was active in the move to restore diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
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