Tokuji Wakasa

Tokuji Wakasa (* around 1914 in Toyama prefecture, † 27 December 2005) was a Japanese industrialist.

Wakasa graduated in 1938 at the Law Faculty of the University of Tokyo. It was then employed by the Ministry of Telecommunications. At the end of his political career, he was deputy Transportminster. In 1969 he became vice-president of the Japanese airline All Nippon Airways ( ANA), a year later he was promoted to president. He is regarded as the driving force behind the growth aspirations of the ANA who commented in numerous newly purchased aircraft and the expansion of international shipping service in the 80s. In July 1976 he was arrested for breaking the law in connection with a bribery scandal involving the Lockheed and was serving a prison sentence.

1991 Wakasa was honorary chairman of the ANA and remained an influential member of the board. In 1997 he resigned after disputes with the President of ANA, Seiji Fukatsu back to personnel restructuring of the top management. The reason for this was a petition from 300 managers of the company in favor of Fukatsu, who had previously resisted the attempt to install Wakasas son Wakasa Masaharu as President of a subsidiary of ANA.

Wakasa died at the age of 91 years of pneumonia.

• Entrepreneur
• Japanese
• Born in the 20th century
• Died in 2005
• Man