is the chairman of

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...

, one of the core companies of the

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. Born in 1943. Tsukuda graduated from the School of Engineering of the

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in 1968 with an advanced degree in marine

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and joined Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) immediately after graduation. After years with the company he eventually became deputy general manager of Takasago Machinery Works and, later, general manager of Nagoya Machinery Works. Tsukuda became a member of the board of directors of MHI in June 1999. In April 2002 he was appointed a

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and the general manager for the Global Strategic Planning & Operations Headquarters. In June 2003, Tsukuda became president of MHI.　Tsukuda became a director and a advisor of MHI in April 2013 and an advisor of MHI in June 2013.The names and personal histories of the members of Corporate Value Committee of Keihan Holdings

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