received his BS degree at Waseda University, his MS at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D in Nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For about twenty-three years he was a partner in Mackinsey and Company, Inc., an international management practice, he also served companies in a wide spectrum of industries, including industrial and consumer electronic financial institutions, telecommunications, office equipment, photographic euipment, industrial macinery, food, rubber, and chemicals. Prior to joining ....