| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1927 |
| Number: | 17 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Viscount Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1840 |
| Year, Death: | 1931 |
| Profession: | Politician, financier and industrialist. Founder of the first Japanese bank. |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
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| Motivation: | Shibusawa was involved in almost every enterprise associated with Japanese industrial development. He worked to improve the relations between the USA and Japan concerning the legal status of Japanese workers in California. He retired in 1916 to devote himself to charity.
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Nominator 1:
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| Name: | E Wakasutsa |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Prime Minister |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
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Nominator 2:
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| Name: | Danshaku Shidehara Kijuro |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Foreign Minister |
| City: | Tokyo |
| Country: | JAPAN (JP) |
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| Comments: |
Wakasutsa and Shidehara nominated Shibusawa on behalf of several prominent persons.
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