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Kōgorō Uemura
Kōgorō
Uemura
was a
Japanese
businessman
from the early
Shōwa period
. The chief of
Nippon Keidanren
in
1968
, he served as
President
of the
Sapporo Olympic Organizing Committee
, and served as
Chairman
of
the National
Board
of the
Boy Scouts of Japan
.
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
.