Saji, Keizo

▪ 2000

      Japanese businessman and tastemaker who helped change the national custom of drinking sake to that of imbibing hard liquor, primarily whisky and beer, while serving as president from 1961 to 1990 of Suntory Ltd., one of the world's largest alcoholic beverage companies; a leading patron of the arts, Saji, founder of the Suntory Art Museum in Osaka and the Suntory Music Hall in Tokyo, also published two well-received volumes of haiku (b. Nov. 1, 1919, Osaka, Japan—d. Nov. 3, 1999, Osaka).

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