International Directory of Business Biographies


Mutsutake Otsuka Biography

President and chief executive officer, East Japan Railway Company

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: January 5, 1932, in Beijing, China.

Education: Tokyo University, received degree, 1965.

Career: Japan National Railways, 1965–1987, various positions; East Japan National Railway Company (JR East), 1987–1997, managing director; 1997–2000, vice president; 2000–, president and chief executive officer.

Address: JR East, 2-2, Yoyogi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-8578, Japan; http://www.jreast.co.jp.

■ In 2000 Mutsutake Otsuka, the son of a Southern Manchuria Railway executive, became president and chief executive officer of East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the largest railway company in the world. Otsuka joined Japan National Railways...

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