Great history unfolds during meetings of the minds!
"It was in 2014 when Indian business tycoon Ratan Tata, who recently passed away at the age of 86, wrote for Nikkei's long-running autobiographical series. While those stories unfortunately are no longer available online, I found them in old newspaper archives and noted with great interest how the arc of his life, both in private and business circles, was closely tied to the development of the Indian economy.
While reading the series, I was fascinated to learn that the Tata Group, founded in 1868, the first year of Japan's Meiji era, has deep historical ties with Japan. Tata's founder, Ratan's great-grandfather [Jamshedji Tata
], known as the father of Indian industry, met with Eiichi Shibusawa, the father of Japanese capitalism [and a great philanthropist] (and now featured on Japan's 10,000 yen note), in 1893 to establish the first regular shipping routes between the two countries. ..."
Jamshedji Tata (1839-1904)
Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931) "Visiting the Yoiku-in, a welfare center in Tokyo, the Yoiku-in was dedicated to helping the sick and in need." (Source)
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