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SPS Today: A Lasting Legacy

In the summer of , Minoru “Ben” Makihara ’50 boarded a ship near his home in Tokyo, Japan, bound for the United States. After a two-month voyage, he arrived at a port in New Jersey. Representatives of St. Paul’s School were there to pick him up and bring him to Boston. A train eventually transported Makihara to Concord, N.H., his final destination, where he enrolled at the School. It was, by then, September , and Makihara’s arrival at St. Paul’s, just four years after the end of World War II, marked a profile in courage for the young man.

“Relatives of Mr. Viall came to pick me up and brought me to Boston,” he recalled in a interview with Alumni Horae. “Everyone was kind and welcomed me warmly. I did have some worries about what would happen next, but I was young and more excited about being in the United States.”

Makihara’s pioneering year at St. Paul’s spawned generations of exchanges between students of SPS and Seikei School in Japan, i

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Minoru Makihara

Japanese business executive (–)

Minoru Makihara
Born	()January 12, London, United Kingdom
Died	December 13, () (aged&#;90) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Business executive
Known&#;for	Leading Mitsubishi group's turnaround in the s; leading US–Japan business relations.
Spouse	Kikuko Iwasaki &#; (m.&#;)&#;
Children	2

Minoru Makihara (Japanese: 槙原稔Makihara Minoru; January 12, &#;– December 13, ) was a Japanese business executive who served as the chief executive (–) and chairman (–) of Mitsubishi Corporation. He was noted for steering the group through the turbulent economic times of the s and for advocating strong US–Japan business relations, serving on many trade and cultural relations advocacy groups.

Early life and education

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Makihara was born in London, United Kingdom, on January 12, , to Haruko and Satoru Makihara. His father was a Mitsubishi executive there, and his mother was a kindergarten teach