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Shigeyoshi Matsumae

Shigeyoshi Matsumae(Tùng tiền trọng nghĩa,Matsumae Shigeyoshi,October 24, 1901 – August 25, 1991)was a Japaneseelectrical engineer,inventor of the non-loaded cable carrier system, theMinisterof theMinistry of Communications(Teishin-in, between August 30, 1945, and April 8, 1946), politician and the founder ofTokai University.He is also known as a patron ofYasuhiro Yamashita,ajudochampion fromTokai University.

Shigeyoshi Matsumae
Shigeyoshi Matsumae, around 1941
BornOctober 24, 1901
Kashima, Kumamoto,Japan
DiedAugust 25, 1991
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Electric engineer, Educator, Representative of the Diet, Statesman
Known forInventor of the non-loaded carrier system. He was sent to the Philippines as a soldier for harassment. Founder ofTokai University,Representative of the Diet

Life

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He was born inKumamoto Prefecture,Japan and graduated fromTohoku Imperial Universityin 1925. After entering the Ministry of Communications as an engineer, he proposed the idea ofLong Distance Non-Loaded Cable Carrier Communication Systemin 1932. In 1933, he was sent toGermanyby the Government for one year, and exchanged opinions with engineers such as ofSiemensfactories.[1][2]The Long Distance Non-Loaded Cable Carrier Communication System was realized betweenHarbinofManchuriaand Japan. In 1940, he assumed the post of the general affairs department of theTaisei Yokusankai( đại chính dực tán hội, "Imperial Rule Assistance Association" ) which was Japan's para-fascist organization created by Prime MinisterFumimaro Konoeon October 12, 1940, to promote the goals of hisShintaiseimovement. In 1941, he was appointed General Director of the Engineering Department of the Ministry of Communications. In 1943, he established a school for airplane technology in Shimizu,Shizuoka Prefecture,and in 1949 a school for wireless science in Nakano, Tokyo; these schools joined later to a school called Tokai Science School. DuringWorld War II,he changed his opinions and left the Taisei Yokusankai and strongly opposed the policy of theHideki Tojocabinet. Matsumae was sent to the front of thePhilippines,as a second classprivatein the Imperial Army. Right before the end of the war, he returned to Japan. He was appointed Minister of Communications in 1945. Between January 1950 and June 1951, he was purged from public service. Later, he assumed the post of the President ofTokai University,which was constructed based on the schools established earlier. In 1952, he was elected a member of the Lower House of theJapanese Parliamentand served for 17 years belonging to the Socialist Party. In 1966, he established a cultural exchange systemNihon Taigai Bunka Kyokaiat the request ofSoviet Russia,and assumed the post of its president. He boasted that he could talk to the Chief Secretary personally by telephone. He was also a judo player and as the top of Students' Association of Judo, he staged harsh struggles with theKodokan,the traditional association of judo. He established the Matsumae International Foundation in 1979. He has established a large number of educational cultural exchange programs with universities throughout the world. For his efforts he received numeroushonorary degreesfrom various countries. He died in 1991 at the age of 89.

World War II

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At age 42, he was sent to the Philippines as a private soldier, as a punitive treatment byHideki Tojo.At that time, Matsumae was the top of the engineering bureau of the Tsushin-in (Ministry of Communications), and the draft came in a telegram on July 18, 1944. A document of the draft came from the Mayor of Kumamoto. In spite of all efforts from his side, he was sent toManila,Saigon,andSingapore.He came back to Japan in January 1945.[3][4]

Nuclear research

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Atom bombwas dropped onHiroshimaon 6 August 1945 at 9:15 am. To look into the nature of the new type of bomb "Hiroshima Bomb Investigation Group" was formed and Matsumae was appointed as its leader. On 8 August 1945, the Hiroshima Bomb Investigation Group (Shigeyoshi Matsumae accompanied by a team of technicians) set off fromTokorozawain a military aircraft bound for Hiroshima. As the team left the aircraft and walked into the city area the scene of desolation was indescribable.[citation needed]Besides the heaps of corpses the survivors, their bodies terribly burnt, squatted vacantly. Matsumae found his way into the Hiroshimatelegraphoffice which Matsumae visited previously and went inside the shell of the building. Matsumae found the blackened body of the Director, Tadasi Yoshida, who had helped him with the development of non-loaded cable. He had already been laid to rest.[citation needed]Squatting by his side was his wife, apparently drained of blood (5 days later she died of radiation sickness).

Wherever Matsumae took measurements of radiation, the amount of deadly radiation was far above normal.[citation needed]Matsumae and technicians of his team were continuously being bathed in radiation and had no idea when their bodies would start to undergo some change. They worked desperately, since Matsumae had a duty to the dead to record all the details of the appalling scene and to transmit these to posterity. On 10 August 1945 Matsumae returned to Tokyo with the results of the investigation and submitted the report to the Emperor. The book "My Turbulent life in a Turbulent Century" by Dr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae, Published by Tokai University Press shows a photo of Matsumae carrying out the radiation measurements in Hiroshima in page 159.

Religion and education

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While serving as an engineer in Tokyo, he attended Bible classes byUchimura Kanzō,the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity in the Meiji and Taishō period Japan. Matsumae was deeply interested in him, especially in his talks on Denmark,N. F. S. Grundtvigand his influence on education there.[5][6]Matsumae was interested further in education, leading to the establishment of many schools later, and the European center ofTokai UniversityinCopenhagen,in 1970. In 1971,HirohitoandEmpress Kōjunpaid a visit there.

Family

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  • The father of Shigeyoshi Matsumae was the chief of a village, Kashima town, Kumamoto.[citation needed]There was one elder brother, named Akiyoshi, who became a pharmacist and a judo champion (once, No. 1 in Japan) who helped Shigeyoshi financially.[citation needed]Akiyoshi built a training hall and Shigeyoshi also became a strong judoist.
  • Tatsuro Matsumae, the first son of Shigeyoshi is the chief President of Tokai University. Norio Matsumae, the second son, was previously the President of Tokai University and Aogu Matsumae, the third son, was previously the President of Hokkaido Tokai University. Yoshiaki Matsumae, the first son of Tatsuro Matsumae is the vice President of Tokai University.

Bibliography

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  • Record of a 2nd Private SoldierTokai University Press.ISBN978-4-486-00338-0
  • A Collection of Works by Shigeyoshi Matsumaein 10 volumes, Tokai University Press.
    • This includesRecord of my discoveryExploring Denmark culture,Progress of Science and materialistic conception of history,My views on Politics in these present days of science,Science changes history,Record of a 2nd private soldier,Science, Technology and Thought,My Thought on Religion,Dialogues of Shigeyoshi Matsumae,Poems of Shigeyoshi Matsumae,My thought on modern culture,Let's live in young days (Collection of lectures of Matsumae at Bosei Juku,Revized edition of Electric Communications(Matsumae and Kitahara).
  • ExploringBushidoThoughts

My Turbulent life in a turbulent century 1982,by Dr.Shigeyoshi Matsumae, TOKAI UNIVERSITY PRESS,ISBN4-486-00688-7C0023.

Honours

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References

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  • Kumamoto Prefecture EncyclopediaKumamoto Nichinichi Shinbun, 1982 p. 759
  • Kimio Mori,Kumamoto Prefecture Modern Cultural Persons with AchievementsKumamoto Prefecture Educational Committee, 1989 p. 178-189
  • Hisaya Shirai(edit)Matsumae Shigeyoshi - My Showa HistoryAsahi Shinbun sha, 1987.
  • Mamoru Sakamoto,Shishifunjin(With lionlike force)- Shigeyoshi Matsumae StoryNishinippon Shimnun sha,1983.ISBN4-8167-0049-8

Footnotes

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  1. ^Sakamoto[1983:128-138]
  2. ^Shirai[1987:98-106
  3. ^Shirai [1987:8-30]
  4. ^Sakamoto [1983:10-66]
  5. ^Shirai[1987:84-89]
  6. ^Sakamoto[1983:101-106]
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