President and CEO

Kikkoman Corporation

1-25 Kanda Nishiki-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101

TEL: (03) 3233-5005
FAX: (03) 3233-5019

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business administration and management; food marketing and distribution; international business relations; international trade; Japanese corporations in the US; strategic planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Managing Director, Executive Managing Director, Executive Vice President, Kikkoman Corp., 1958-95.

IN US: 1959-61 - study; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Overseas Strategies Without Friction (Seruneto Shuppan, 1988); The Day Shoyu Made it to America's Tables: The Export of Food Culture (PHP Institute, 1983); How to Make an Overseas Plant (Toyo Keizai Shimposha, 1975); Introduction to International Business (Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, 1969).