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**「日本経済を切り拓いた実業家」**
白洲次郎は、日本の実業家。初代貿易庁長官として活躍し、連合国軍占領下の日本で吉田茂の側近として活動した。商工省の外局として新設された貿易庁の初代長官を務め、後に通商産業省（現・経済産業省）の創設に貢献した。
白洲次郎は1902年に生まれ、ケンブリッジ大学で西洋中世史や人類学を学んだ。留学中の1928年、父親が亡くなり、日本への帰国を余儀なくされた。その後、英字新聞『ジャパン・アドバタイザー』に就職し記者となった。
戦時下では、二次世界大戦勃発後の1940年に東京都町田市に農家を購入し、「武相荘」と名付けた。翌年、疎開先の白洲のもとに召集令状が届くも、英国時代に関係を深めていたため、召集を受けなかった。
Q：何をされた方ですか？
A：戦時下では農業に励む日々を送り、日本経済を切り拓いた実業家として活躍しました。
Q：有名な作品は何ですか？
A：『ジャパン・アドバタイザー』の記者として英字新聞で活動し、その後セール・フレイザー商会や日本食糧工業の取締役となって、貿易や経済界で活躍しました。
関連動画
・白洲次郎・白洲正子―武相荘折々のくらし　#2
・白洲次郎・白洲正子―武相荘折々のくらし　#1
・白洲次郎・白洲正子―武相荘折々のくらし　#3
English Summary
**"A businessman who pioneered the Japanese economy"**
Jiro Shirasu is a Japanese businessman. He served as the first Director General of the Foreign Trade Agency, and worked as a close aide to Shigeru Yoshida in Japan under the occupation of the Allied Forces. He served as the first director of the Japan Trade Agency, which was newly established as an external bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and later contributed to the creation of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
Jiro Shirasu was born in 1902 and studied Western medieval history and anthropology at Cambridge University. While studying abroad in 1928, his father passed away and he was forced to return to Japan. After that, he got a job at the English-language newspaper ``Japan Advertiser'' and became a reporter.
During the war, in 1940, after the outbreak of World War II, he purchased a farmhouse in Machida City, Tokyo, which he named ``Buaisou.'' The following year, a summons was sent to Shirasu, where he was evacuated, but he did not accept the call because he had deepened ties with the British during his time there.
Q: What did you do?
During the war, he spent his days working hard at farming and was active as a businessman who pioneered the Japanese economy.
Q: What are your famous works?
I worked for an English newspaper as a reporter for the Japan Advertiser, and later became a director of Sale Fraser & Co. and Japan Shokuhin Kogyo, and was active in the trade and business world.
Wikipedia:白洲次郎