BSc in Engineering, Tokyo University.
Since 1965, with Mitsubishi Corporation,
1978, with Olayan Saudi Holdings, Saudi Arabia;
1985, with Mitsubishi International Corporation, New York;
1992, General Manager, Corporate Planning Office;
1995, Director;
1997, Managing Director, Coordination;
2000, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, New Business Initiative Group;
2001, also Member of the Board and Senior Executive Vice-President;
2004, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer;
2010, Chairman of the Board;
since 2016 Honorary Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation.