Junnosuke Inoue

Junnosuke Inoue

Junnosuke Inoue (井上準之助, Inoue Junnosuke, May 6, 1869 – February 9, 1932) was a Japanese businessman and central banker. He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Biography

Inoue was born in Ōita Prefecture.^[1] In 1897, Inoue was a BOJ trainee along with Hisaakira Hijikata. Both young men were sent by the bank to learn about British banking practices in London.^[2] From 1913-1919, Inoue was head of the Yokohama Specie Bank^[3] Inoue was Governor of the Bank of Japan from March 13, 1919 – September 2, 1923 and again from May 10, 1927 – June 1, 1928.^[4]

In 1932, Inoue was one of two prominent Japanese assassinated in the League of Blood Incident.

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References

• Metzler, Mark. (2006). Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520244207; OCLC 469841628
• Tamaki, Norio. (1995). Japanese banking: a History, 1859-1959. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521496766; OCLC 231677071