General Manager (International)

Teikoku Data Bank, Ltd.

2-5-20, Minami-Aoyama
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107

TEL: (03) 3404-4305
FAX: (03) 3404-4339
HOME TEL/FAX: (0473) 91-4023

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  bankruptcy, competitive strategy; corporate culture; credit enhancement; direct marketing; international business development; Japanese corporations in the US; sogo shosha (general trading firms); trade relations; US competitiveness

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

President and CEO, Teikoku Databank America, Inc., 1992-1995; Associate General Manager, Teikoko Databank Ltd., 1988-1992; Assistant General Manager, Nichimen Corporation, 1984-88.

IN JAPAN: 1992-present - employment, residence; repeated brief trips

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Different Eyes, Different Ears (Jiji, 1996); Business Assay (Yomiuri America,1995); New York Letter (Teikoko Databank, 1994); Commercial Database (IOS Press, 1989).