NISHIMURA, Katsuzo (TOKYO), Merchant; b. Tokyo, Dec., 1836. Is father of leatherware industry in Japan, having started that business, 1870; next year opened the first knitting-work factory in Japan, 1871; the fire-proof brick works which Government established was purchased by him, 1887, and he has converted what was at first a losing enterprise into a paying concern; in 1904 visited Europe to study the shoe manufacturing industry and returned home with a German expert whom he engaged; was long Vice-Chairman of Tokyo Chamber of Commerce; one of the founders of the Tokyo Higher Commercial School, and of the Tokyo Asylum for Aged and Foundlings; in recognition of his services the Government awarded him a medal. Address: Tokyo, Japan.