Juichi Soyeda

Juichi Soyeda (添田 壽一, Soeda Juichi, September 15, 1864 – July 4, 1929) was a Japanese lawyer,[1] senior civil servant and academic economist. In 1913 he was delegated by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce in Japan to study the California Alien Land Law of 1913.[2]

Juichi Soyeda
BornSeptember 15, 1864
Fukuoka, Japan
DiedJuly 4, 1929(1929-07-04) (aged 64)
Japan
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
Cambridge University
University of Heidelberg
OccupationLawyer, civil servant, economist

Biography

He was born in Fukuoka on September 15, 1864. He graduated from School of Politics and Economics at Tokyo Imperial University in 1884, and continued his studies at Cambridge University and University of Heidelberg, He returned to Japan in 1887. That same year he was appointed councilor in the Japanese Treasury Department, and then successively private secretary, secretary, and Director of Superintendence Bureau, in the same department; became its Vice-Minister in 1898; shortly afterwards he resigned his post and became lecturer of economics and public finance at Tokyo Imperial University and several other institutions; in 1899, was appointed president of the Bank of Formosa; then chairman of Japan Credit Mobilier Commission, and in 1902, was made president of the newly established Japan Credit Mobilier. He was for many years Japan correspondent of the Economic Journal. He took an active part in Japanese monetary reform work, including the adoption of the gold standard in 1897. In 1913, he visited the United States as representative of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, in connection with the California Alien Land Law of 1913.[1]

He died on July 4, 1929.

Publications

References
  1. Naoichi Masaoka (1914). Japan to America. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 83. Juichi Soyeda .
  2. "Dr. Soyeda Sure That in the End Californian Situation Will Be Settled Amicably" (PDF). New York Times. June 26, 1913. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 'The Japanese are much surprised by the attitude of the Californian Legislature, and some of them are annoyed, but the thinking persons in Japan trust that the trouble will be solved in the light of justice and humanity,' Dr. J. Soyeda said yesterday at the Hotel Astor. ... Dr. Soyeda and Tadao Kamiya who is associated with him in his mission, were entertained at a luncheon yesterday by the Publishers Association of New York ...
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