Junnosuke Inoue

Junnosuke Inoue (井上 準之助, Inoue Junnosuke, May 6, 1869 – February 9, 1932) was a Japanese financier and statesman of the Taisho and Showa eras.

He was the 9th and 11th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), and Minister of Finance in 1923-1924 and 1929-1931.

In 1896, Inoue entered the Bank of Japan and in 1897 he was a BOJ trainee along with Hisaakira Hijikata.

He briefly presided the Institute of Pacific Relations between Ray Lyman Wilbur nomination as United States Secretary of the Interior and his own second nomination as Japan Minister of Finances.

In 1932, Inoue was one of the two prominent Japanese assassinated in the League of Blood Incident.