槙原稔氏が死去　９０歳、国際派財界人

　元三菱商事社長で国際派の財界人として知られた槙原稔（まきはら・みのる）氏が１３日午後９時１７分、心不全のため自宅で死去した。９０歳だった。ロンドン生まれ。葬儀は近親者のみで済ませた。後日お別れの会を開く。喪主は妻喜久子（きくこ）さん。連絡先は同社秘書室。
　米ハーバード大政治学部卒。１９９２～９８年の社長在任中、バブル崩壊で「負の遺産」となった財テク投資の損失処理に努めるとともに、グループを一体化する「連結経営」を進めた。会長、相談役を経て２０１０年６月に特別顧問。
　また、長年の米国滞在で培った幅広い人脈を生かして日米財界人会議の日本側議長として活躍し、自由貿易協定（ＦＴＡ）の締結を提唱。経団連副会長も務め、旭日大綬章や大英勲章を受章した。（2020/12/21-16:39）

Minoru Makihara, former president of major Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. , died of heart failure Dec. 13. He was 90.
   Makihara, born in London, served as president between 1992 and 1998, during which he worked to wipe out investment losses caused by the collapse of the country's speculation-driven bubble economy in the early 1990s.
   He also led efforts to consolidate Mitsubishi group operations. He became special adviser to Mitsubishi in June 2010 after taking such posts as chairman.
   Using a wide range of personal connections from his long stay in the United States, Makihara played an active role as chairman of the Japan-U.S. Business Council, which holds meetings regularly with its U.S. counterpart, and proposed a free trade agreement between the two countries.
   He also served as vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren. He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.