• EXPANDS OPERATIONS AND PRODUCT LINE
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• ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT AND FOUNDS A SCHOOL
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Chairman, Ricoh Company

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: April 28, 1933, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Education: Tokyo University, 1957.

Family: Married; children: three.

Career: Ricoh Company, 1957–1975, various positions; 1975–1983, director; 1983–1996, president; 1996–2003, chairman and chief executive officer; 2003–, chairman.

Awards: Ranju-hosho (the Blue Ribbon Medal), 1991; named an officer of the Légion d'honneur, 1998.

Address: Ricoh Company, 1-15-5, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8544;