Senior Managing Director

Sony Corporation

6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141

TEL: (03) 5448-3300
FAX: (03) 5448-7809
E-MAIL: aiko@tex.sony.co.jp

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business-community relations; comparative business management; competitive strategy; consumer products; corporate culture; electronics industry; government-business relations; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; international business relations; international direct investment
• HISTORY
  economic history
• LAW
  intellectual property law
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  economic relations; industrial policy
• RELIGION
  Buddhism

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Executive Advisor, Managing Director, Senior Managing Director, Sony Corp., 1986-1992; Ambassador to Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1983-1986; Director, General Affairs Division, Minister, Embassy of Japan in US, Deputy Director General, MITI, 1955-1983.

IN US:1969-73, 1980-82 - employment, residence; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

How to Go with Social and Business Customs in Arab Countries (Yuhikaku Publishing Co., 1988).