Founder Sazo Idemitsu
The Origin of Management Ningen-Soncho
Ningen-Soncho means that humans respect humans, and is a way of thinking that centers on humans. This means that we should reflect on ourselves and become people worthy of respect, and in this way we should respect each other. What kind of people should we reflect on and respect? This is also incredibly difficult if you put it into perspective. However, this is also extremely simple if you think about it practically, using common sense and without logic. The goal is to become a person who is worthy of respect and is not ashamed of being someone who cares for himself, creates peace, and contributes to the promotion of human welfare. Going further, these people should respect each other and work together to promote peace and welfare. ”
Sazo Idemitsu 's life
1885 | Sazo Idemitsu is born |
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1891 | Enrolled in Akama Elementary School |
1895 | Enrolled at Togo High School |
1901 | Entered Fukuoka Commercial School |
1905 | Entered Kobe High School of Commerce |
1909 | Joined Sakai Shokai |
1911 | Founding of Idemitsu Shokai |
1913 | Expanded to Shimonoseki and started selling Petroleum for fishing boats. |
1919 | Developed wheel oil to prevent freezing and provided it to Manchuria Railway. |
1923 | Devised a distribution ship with a measuring device and started refueling the contents. |
1929 | Worked hard to revise oil tariffs in Korea. Contributing to correction of high price oil sales by foreign oil companies |
1940(founded in 1911) | Established Idemitsu Kosan |
1945 | All overseas stores are closed, and Idemitsu preaches "Praise the Gyokune'', which clearly shows Idemitsu's way of life after defeat in the war. |
1946 | Started tank bottom oil recovery and other businesses (agriculture, fisheries, radio repair and sales, printing). All abolished by 1951 |
1947 | Idemitsu Shokai and Idemitsu Kosan merged |
1949 | The only ethnic oil company not affiliated with foreign capital to be designated as a wholesale oil company |
1951 | Wrote a “consumer-oriented oil policy” and made recommendations to government authorities |
1953 | Importing Iranian oil (Nissho Maru Incident) |
1957 | Tokuyama Refinery completed. |
1962 | Munakata Maru No. 1 was in distress, and a company funeral was held. |
1966 | Resigned as president of Idemitsu Kosan and became chairman |
1981 | Eternal sleep |
Learn about Sazo Idemitsu through episodes
Joined Sakai Shokai as an apprentice
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Started selling light oil as Petroleum for fishing boats
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Fierce resistance and opposition to oil control
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Providing axle oil to Manchuria Railway to prevent freezing
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Collect residual oil at the bottom of the tank
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Nissho Maru Incident
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Refinery built in just 10 months
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Knowing Sazo Idemitsu in words
maxim
Idemitsu's five principles
Ningen-Soncho
First, the first principle of Idemitsu Shokai is Ningen-Soncho, and the second and third principles are respect for people.
First, Idemitsu Shokai respects the personality of its constituent members, the store staff, and cultivates, cultivates, and forges it.The individual personality that has been perfected and strengthened in this way is further grouped, united, and strives for greatness as a group. It is our principle and policy to demonstrate our abilities and work hard for the sake of the country and the people.
First, it is a society created by humans. Human beings are at the center, and it is only natural that we should respect humans and respect ourselves. Various policies and measures will emerge as derivatives of this.
extended family
First, once a person joins Idemitsu Shokai, he or she wants to join the company as if he or she had a child in his or her family. All matters in the store are resolved with the feeling that we are both parents and children, older brothers and younger brothers.
First, it is common knowledge that Idemitsu Shokai does not cut off its head. I don't think there is a single person who thinks that they will be decapitated.
independence and self-government
First, I am not the only one who is independent in my work. Each clerk is independent in his/her own position. In other words, one should take full responsibility within the scope of one's own work and carry out the affairs to the fullest.
First, in private life and public life independence and self-governmentIdemitsu Shokai where store employees who have mastered the great spirit of the company and have been individually trained and strengthened, unite in unison under the store's overall policy and demonstrate their collective strength.
Don't be a slave to gold
First, Idemitsu Shokai 's goal should be business. Don't make money your goal. However, I am not saying that we should despise money or treat it lightly.
First, we need to make a lot of money to fund our business. We also have to save money. We must avoid wasteful spending. (Omitted) However, you must not make money in a way that will hinder the future progress of your business. Business should be the main thing, and capital accumulation should be the secondary, and we must not err on the side of this.
From producers to consumers
First, when we founded our company, we first decided to base our sales principles on the benefit of society. We have established a policy that focuses on consumers rather than producers,as suggested by Professor Uchiike*.
First, search for consumers on behalf of producers, and provide consumers with specialized knowledge about changes in the production world, the status of quality improvement and development, the balance of supply and demand, market conditions, price fluctuations, etc. I believed that institutions that provide mutual benefit are absolutely necessary for the constitution of society, and that they will last forever together with society.
*Mr. Uchiike: Professor Renkichi Uchiike of Kobe High School of Commerce, from which Sazo graduated. In charge of lectures on "rationing theory."
Shikon business acumen
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mutual aid
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Be pessimistic in good times and optimistic in adversity.
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Second Articles of Incorporation
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Return to the bottom of the tank
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Each person is a manager
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selfless
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Failure is a tuition fee
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action statement
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thorough kindness
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Strive to overcome difficulties
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self-questioning
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Tribulation will make you a ball
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Do morals change with time and society?
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Go back to Japanese
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Humans work all their lives.
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Be a rich person in heart, don't be a poor person with money.
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People who deserve respect grow with the hands of love.
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Information about Idemitsu Founding History Materials Room
The Idemitsu Founding History Room is attached to the Idemitsu Museum of Art (Moji), located in a corner of Kitakyushu Mojiko Retro. On the occasion of Idemitsu's 100th anniversary, the exhibition was completely renovated. Please take a look at Sazo Idemitsu 's footsteps.
copyrighted work
Founder Sazo Idemitsu 's books and related books include the following.
*For sales, please check with your local bookstore.
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If Marx had been born in Japan <new edition> / Shunjusha / Sazo Idemitsu
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Capitalism for Workers <New Edition> / Shunjusha / Sazo Idemitsu
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“The World of People” and “The World of Things” <New Edition> / Shunjusha / Sazo Idemitsu
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70 years Ningen-Soncho /Shunjusha/ Sazo Idemitsu
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Words of Sazo Idemitsu / Kairyusha / Nobuo Takiguchi
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Don't be a golden slave, Sazo Idemitsu Idemitsu/Minerva Shobo/Takeo Kikkawa
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Sazo Idemitsu 's rebellious words: The life of a man who was proud to be a Japanese / PHP Business / Yo Mizuki
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Sazo Idemitsu 's Go back to being Japanese / Asa Publishing / Yoshitaka Kitao
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A business manager with a samurai spirit and business acumen Sazo Idemitsu Words / PHP Bunko / Masatsugu Kimoto
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Biographical biography Sazo Idemitsu- The trajectory of Shikon's business acumen / President Publishing / Shuji Takakura
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Novel Sazo Idemitsu- Portrait of a Burning Man/Fukkan.com/Shoji Kimoto
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Idemitsu Kosan's self-reform/Yuhikaku/Hitotsubashi University
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Record of Life and Death - Continued Sanriku Story/Mainichi Shimbun/Shinya Hagio
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A Man Called a Pirate (volumes 1 and 2)/Kodansha/Naoki Momota
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A Man Called a Pirate (Volumes 1 and 2) Paperback Edition/Kodansha/Naoki Momota
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A Man Called a Pirate (Volumes 1 and 2) Paperback version / Kodansha / Naoki Momota (illustration by Soichi Sumoto)