Chairman

Mitsubishi Corporation

6-3 Marunouchi, 2 Chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8086

TEL: (03) 3210-2339
FAX: (03) 3210-8084
EMAIL: minoru.makihara@jp.mitsubishicorp.com

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business administration and management; corporate culture; government-business relations; international business relations; sogo shosha (general trading firms)
• EDUCATION
  education and society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director, IBM, 1997-present; President, Mitsubishi Corporation, 1992-1998; General Manager, (Washington, D.C., Seattle), Deputy General Manger, General Manger, Marine Products Department, General Manager, Marketing & Coordination Department, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Washington D.C., President, New York, Managing Director, Senior Managing Director, Tokyo, Chairman, New York, Mitsubishi Corp., 1956-92.

IN US: 1970-76, 1985-92 - employment; repeated brief trips.