Vice President

National Steel Corporation

4100 Edison Lakes Parkway
Mishawaka, IN 46545

TEL: (219) 273-7852
FAX: (219) 273-7868

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  comparative business management; competitive strategy; executive and top management teams; international business development; international business relations; international direct investment; international economics; international organizations; international trade; Japanese corporations in the US; joint ventures; "lean manufacturing"; management techniques; mergers and acquisitions; steel industry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Representative of NKK America Inc., 1989-1994; Guest Fellow, The Brookings Institution, 1986-89; Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Nippon Kokan K.K., 1976-86.

IN US: 1979-82 - study; 1986-89 - fellowship; 1989-present - employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The Third Inauguration (McMaster University Press, 1992); "Legal System and Corporate Strategy," International Business Law Journal (Kokusai Shoji Homu, 1984).