Editing Zenkō Suzuki (section)

==Early life and education==
Zenkō Suzuki was born on 11 January 1911 in [[Yamada, Iwate|Yamada]], [[Iwate Prefecture]], the eldest son of a [[fishery]] owner.{{sfn|Envall|2015|p=112}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ueda |first=Masaaki |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50718841 |title=Kōdansha Nihon jinmei daijiten |date=2002 |publisher=Kōdansha |others=Kōdansha. Shuppan Kenkyūjo, 講談社. 出版研究所. |isbn=4-06-210800-3 |at=鈴木善幸 |oclc=50718841}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=鈴木善幸 行政改革に道筋をつけた元首相、死去 |url=https://imidas.jp/hotkeyperson/detail/P-00-104-04-07.html |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Imidas |publisher=Shueisha}}</ref> He studied at a fisheries high school and went on to study aquaculture at the [[Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology|Fisheries Training Institute]] of the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)|Ministry of Agriculture]]. As a young man his political and economic views were influenced by the "cooperativism" of [[Toyohiko Kagawa]].{{sfn|Envall|2015|p=112}}<ref name=independent>{{cite news|title=Zenko Suzuki|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/zenko-suzuki-6165130.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/zenko-suzuki-6165130.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=7 January 2013|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=21 July 2004}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

After graduating in 1935, Suzuki worked in several fishery organisations. In 1939, he married Sachi Ogihara, the daughter of the president of a fisheries school.{{sfn|Envall|2015|p=112}}