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dockyard co., ltd. born in kagoshima to a kimono merchant, shozo kawasaki became a tradesman at the age of in nagasaki, the only place in japan then open to the west. he started a shipping business in osaka at , which failed when his cargo ship sank during a storm. in , he joined a company handling sugar
from ryukyu (currently okinawa prefecture), established by a kagoshima samurai, and in , researched ryukyu sugar and sea routes to ryukyu at the request of the ministry of finance. in , he was appointed executive vice president of japan mail steam-powered shipping company, and succeeded in opening a...
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