Thursday, December 8, 1921 Kazuki Sakamono, the legendary editor, was born in Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1943, he graduated early from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Law and Literature, Nihon University, and went to war as a student, and was assigned to the Tsushin-tai troop in Manchuria. After painstakingly returning from Manchuria in November 1945, he came to believe that the rest of his life was the rest of his life. Kazuki Sakamono used to publish small doujinshi in his hometown of Fukuoka, but in January 1947, he joined Kawase-Shobo and started his career as an editor. Masao Yonekawa, a scholar of Russian literature, is in charge...

On Friday, November 18, Ko Kusunoki, a member of the Antarctic wintering party, was born in Kushiro City. His father, Masakazu Kusunoki, is known as the composer of the dormitory song “A Gyokuhai ni Hanaukete” at Daiichi High School under the old system (the present Faculty of Liberal Arts, the University of Tokyo). Let me briefly explain about this father, Masakazu Kusunoki. Masakazu Kusunoki was born in 1880 in 13 Omonogawamachi, Akita Prefecture. He had a great musical talent and was good at playing the piano. The dormitory song “A Tamahai ni Hanauke te,” which he composed when he was a high school student, has been sung for a long...

1921 (Taisho 10) Wednesday, November 16 The banker and businessman, Seno Ochikahisa, was born in Fukuoka. In 1939, he graduated from Junior High School Shuyukan (present Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School) 14 and entered the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Imperial University, and while he was a student there, he joined the war in December 1943 (Showa 18). He graduated the following year and became a second lieutenant in the Army. After demobilization, he joined Yasuda Bank in 1946 21. Yasuda Bank later changed its name to Fuji Bank and is now integrated into Mizuho Bank. In 1970, 40 he became Director and General Manager, Nagoya Branch....