Taizō Ishizaka


Taizō Ishizaka was a leading Japanese businessman and President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations who served as Chairman of the National Board of the Boy Scouts of Japan.
In 1956, in his role as President of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organizations, he presented a request to the Japanese ruling party for the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama.
In 1971, Ishizaka was the 65th awardee of the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. In 1966 he also received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.