Kōgorō Uemura

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|02|12}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|08|01|1894|02|12}}

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| nationality = Japanese

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| occupation = Businessman

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| known_for = Chief of Nippon Keidanren

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{{nihongo|Kōgorō Uemura|植村 甲午郎|Uemura Kōgorō|February 12, 1894 – August 1, 1978}} was a Japanese businessman from the early Shōwa period (1920s–1970s). The chief of Nippon Keidanren in 1968,{{cite book|title=東京府立第一中学校 創立五十年史|publisher=如蘭会|year=1930}} (Alumni 50 Years History) he served as President of the Sapporo Olympic Organizing Committee,[http://www.sapporobeer.jp/area/hokkaido/entertainment/romankaiko/chapter03/index.html サッポロビール 北海道エリア情報サイト/浪漫邂逅 サッポロビールを創製した、男たちの残響]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and served as Chairman of the National Board of the Boy Scouts of Japan.{{Cite web |date=2014-05-23|script-title=ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 |trans-title=Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan |url=http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-date=2020-08-11 |website=Reinanzaka Scout Club| language=ja}}

Background

Uemura was a graduate of Tokyo's Hibiya High School.

In 1978 he received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.

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