JAPANESE MILLIONAIRES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 6

JAPANESE MILLIONAIRES.

—: ,— _ TEN IN ONE FAMILY. AND ONE MILLIONAIRES?. The "Asalii" (Tokio) publishes mi ill' tcrostmp list, showing the (ot«l number of niilliouaires (in yen—worth ;r Irillc over 2s. in English niunt'j) ill Japan. Accordins to. this list-the number is not' more than 501, of whom 24 are worth morn than YtU,000,00(1 (one million slorliiitf). Of the 21 wealthiest men, 21 arc cilizens uf Tokio ami throo of Osaka. Accordiir: to occupation Japanese inilliuliaircs may be divided as follows:—. Commerce 148 Monpyleiulers.. lis Of no occupation... 92 Hankers ....... Agriculture .">!) Slock Kxrhanse . Manufacturing .... 55 Transport ... l:t Company directors 42 Miscellaneous.. I , Those described as "of no occupation'' arc Peers ami iioii-cullivntin<; landowners. Kobe ha,s eleven millionaires, of ■ whom one (51 vs. Suzuki Yone) is « lady.'- The throe millionaires of Ofaka who tire ,uorth over Y10.C00.000 are Ha rou Sumitomo. ' Baron Fujita, and Mr. Kiihava, ;V younger brother of the late liarou I'lijita.' • • Osaka lias no fewer than S" millionaires among- tliem being two stockbrokers, a i curio dealer, and Messrs. Murnyainiv ami U.veno, proprietors of the Osaka (news- ; paper, "Asalii Sliinibun." Tokio hps 151 millionaires, amoni; whom are found the names of Prince Katsura, Prince YamaRata, Marquis Inouyc, ' Admiral Count 1 Yamamoto (the new Premier), dull ten . members of the Mitsui family.—Keuter.