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President, Matsushita Electric Industrial Company

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: July 5, 1939, in Shiga, Japan.

Education: Osaka University, 1962.

Career: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, 1962–1965, various posts; 1985–1989, director of Tokyo Special Sales Office, Corporate Consumer Sales Division; Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (U.S.), 1989–1992, president; Panasonic UK, 1992–1993, president; Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, 1993–1996, president, director,...