Haruhisa Handa
Haruhisa Handa is a Japanese businessman and philanthropist.[1] He is the Managing Director of B.C. Consulting Ltd and manages more than a dozen companies in Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom.[2]
Handa was born in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture in 1951, to a family with a long tradition of sake brewing. He earned a degree in Economics from Doshisha University. He started his first business aged 26. selling office supplies. He was a wealthy man by his mid-30s.[3]
In 1984, Handa became chairman and spiritual leader of a Shinto-derived new religion called World Mate, reported to have more than 30,000 members.[3]
Describing a musical performance by Handa at London's St Johns, Smith Square in 2002, Ian Buruma wrote:
- I found it a slightly humiliating experience to watch this generous buffoon perform with a distinguished orchestra. It made a nonsense of artistic standards. We were watching a rich man's fantasy and had to pretend to enjoy it, just because he throws his money around. This may have done wonders for the blind, but was an insult to those who genuinely love music.[4]
Connections
- Worldwide Support for Development - Chairman
- The Handa Foundation - Founder
- International Shinto Foundation - President
External resources
- Sharon Verghis, Haruhisa Handa talks opera and Shinto in rare interview, 25 April 2015.
Notes
- ↑ Japanese arts benefactor likes to get in on the act, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 march 2012.
- ↑ Dr. Haruhisa Handa, The Handa Foundation, accessed 29 April 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sharon Verghis, Haruhisa Handa talks opera and Shinto in rare interview, 25 April 2015.
- ↑ Ian Buruma, Personal modesty in east-Asian cultures, The Guardian, 22 January 2002.
