Arinobu Fukuhara

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Arinobu Fukuhara, is known internationally because of the Arinobu Fukuhara House at Hakone, which Frank Lloyd Wright designed in 1918 as a Prairie-style vacation villa for the extended Fukuhara family.^[1]

Born in Awa, Chiba-ken, he rose in due course to become Chief Pharmacist of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In retirement, he embarked on a second career which would bring fame and fortune. He was also president of the Aikoko Insurance Company.^[2]

Family patriarch

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Shiseido

Beauty is universal, thus the products which serve beauty should also be universal.

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As Shiseido has grown to become an international cosmetics giant, the company has managed to avoid some of the pitfalls and problems which have attended generational transitions in other successful family businesses.^[9] For example, Arinobu's grandson, Yoshiharu Fukuhara, joined Shiseido immediately after receiving his B.A. in economics from Keio University, Tokyo, in 1953. He was appointed president and CEO of Shiseido in 1987, then chairman of the board in 1997 and honorary chairman in 2001.^[10]

Three Fukuhara leaders in the Shiseido hierarchy were:

1st president: Fukuhara, Shinzo—son of company founder
2nd president: Fukuhara, Nobuyoshi—younger brother of company's 1st president
3rd president: Fukuhana, Yoshibaru—son of company's 2nd president

Japan Pharmaceutical Association

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