August 1996: Assigned to Corporate Planning Dept. at NTN HQ in Japan
August 1996 - March 2011 Responsible for M&A and Alliances at Corporate Strategy HQ （経営戦略本部） - Past Major Cases of Cross-Border M&A and Alliances - - Europe - (1) Purchase of the CVJ Manufacturing Division of Renault (France): Dec.1998 (2) Purchase of the CVJ Manufacturing Company of IFA (Germany): April 2006 (3) Purchase of the Bearing Manufacturing Company (SNR) of Renault (France): March 2007 (4) Purchase of the Forging Plant of SETFORGE Group (France): April 2008 - Americas - (1) Founding a CVJ Assembly Joint Venture with Seohan (USA): Feb.2007 (2) Purchase of CVJ Assets of tedrive Brasil (Brasil): July 2010 (3) Founding a Hub Turning and Forging Joint Venture with Takao and Asahi (USA): Dec.2010 - Asia - (1) Purchase of Additional Shares of Unidrive (Australia): May 2000 (2) Purchase of Additional Shares of Taiway (Taiwan): Jan.2002 (3) Founding a CVJ Manufacturing Joint Venture with Yulon Group (China): Sep.2002 (4) Founding a CVJ Assembly Joint Venture with KOFCO a...