Chairman of the Board

Systems International Inc.

1-1-14 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052

TEL: (03) 3585-4951
FAX: (03) 3582-2479
HOME: (03) 3303-0606
EMAIL: t_y_aria@wg3.so-net.ne.jp

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business administration and management; comparative business management; competitive strategy; consumer behavior; consumer products; corporate culture; distribution; entrepreneurship; food marketing and distribution; foreign direct investment in Japan; government-business relations; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; international business development; international business relations; international direct investment; international organizations; international trade; Japanese competitiveness; joint ventures; marketing, distribution; multinational corporations; retail industry; services; sogo shosha (general trading firms); strategic planning; structural trade impediments; US competitiveness; wholesale structure
• HISTORY
  business history; history of Japanese language

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

President, Tokyu Hotels International, 1977-88; President, Systems International, Inc., 1970-77; Managing Director, Blue Chip Corp., 1962-69; Assistant General Manager, Sony Corp. of America, 1960-62; US Office, Japan Productivity Center, 1955-59.

IN US: 1989-91 - business; 1969-70 - study; 1955-59, 1960-62 - employment; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

American Executive (co-author) (Diamond, 1975); English for Retail Executives (Diamond & Friedman, 1973); For Doing Business in the US (Simul Press, 1972).