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Retired president and chief executive officer, NTT DoCoMo

Nationality: Japanese.

Born: 1939, in Gifu prefecture, Japan.

Education: Tokyo University, bachelor's degree, 1962; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, 1978; Tokyo University, PhD, 1981.

Family: Married; children: two.

Career: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), 1962–1986, various positions; 1986–1987, director of New York office, assisted in founding NTT America; 1989–1990, senior manager, business strategy planning headquarters; 1990–1991, senior executive, NTT mobile...