Hisatsune Sakomizu

Hisatsune Sakomizu
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
In office 18 July 1961 – 18 July 1962
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Yoshiteru Kogane
Succeeded by	Sakae Teshima
Director of the Economic Planning Agency
In office 8 December 1960 – 18 July 1961
Prime Minister	Hayato Ikeda
Preceded by	Wataro Kanno
Succeeded by	Aiichiro Fujiyama
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office 7 April 1945 – 17 August 1945
Prime Minister	Kantarō Suzuki
Preceded by	Sotaro Ishiwata
Succeeded by	Taketora Ogata
Personal details
Born	5 August 1902 Tokyo, Japan
Died	25 July 1977(1977-07-25) (aged 74)
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Hisatsune Sakomizu (迫水 久常, Sakomizu Hisatsune, 5 August 1902 – 25 July 1977) was a Japanese government official and politician before, during and after World War II. He is well known for serving as the chief secretary to Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki's Cabinet (April 1945 – August 1945).

He was ordered by Suzuki to investigate and analyze the economic condition of Japan, and to give a written confidential report to Suzuki. Sakomizu found that Japan‘s resources were rapidly decreasing, and that Japan would be unable to continue fighting the war for more than a few months. Both the air raids and the conquered Japanese territories captured by the United States of America had caused a "great disruption of land and sea communication and essential war production."^[1] In addition, coal and oil supplies were found to be in rapid decline, as well as health and support for the war effort.

He served as a government officer of the Ministry of Finance in various governmental workplaces until 1945. After WW2, he became a member of the House of Representatives and then joined Liberal Democratic Party.

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