Native Name: | 野呂榮太郎 |
Native Name Lang: | Japanese |
Death Place: | Tokyo |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Known For: | Marxism, Japanese Capitalism |
Thesis Title: | The historical development of Japanese capitalism |
Thesis Year: | 1926 |
Discipline: | Political science |
Sub Discipline: | Japanese economics |
Workplaces: | Industrial Labour Research Institute |
was a Japanese economic historian. Noro was born in Hokkaido in 1900. He studied at Keio Gijuku University, where he first became involved in radical politics. He worked for a labour research institute following graduation. In 1930 he joined the Japanese Communist Party. He was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Koza school, a branch of Japanese Marxist thought.[1]
Noro was arrested in November 1933. He died on 19 February 1934, in Shinagawa Police Station.[2] His death was the result of police torture.[1]