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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

senior

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Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a producti ...

Motor Co. (joined in 1978), who has served as the President,

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and Representative Director of Honda since June 2009. He was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer in 2009 and became President of the Board in 2010. Takanobu Ito has also been an executive of Honda R&D since 1998, appointed as President and Director of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. in April 2009. Previously, he had been appointed Senior Managing Director of Honda R&D in June 2001, after Director of the Company in June 2000, following the position as Executive Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc. since April 1998. He joined Honda in April 1978.

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"Honda's Ito Positions Automaker to Win in Asia"
(Nikkei.com, 14 August 2013). {{DEFAULTSORT:Ito, Takanobu 1953 births Living people Honda people Japanese corporate directors