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Outside Director (Independent Director)
Akira Sudo
April 1980 Joined Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
(currently Toshiba Corporation)June 2007 Chief Technology Executive, Power Systems Company, Toshiba Corporation June 2008 Executive Officer, Corporate Vice President (Director, Corporate Research & Development Center), Toshiba Corporation June 2010 Executive Officer, Corporate Senior Vice President, Toshiba Corporation June 2011 Executive Officer, Corporate Executive Vice President, Toshiba Corporation June 2013 Director, Representative Executive Officer, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Toshiba Corporation June 2014 Executive Adviser, Toshiba Corporation
Outside Director, Topcon Corporation (to present)June 2016 Senior Fellow, Toshiba Corporation June 2017 Fellow, Toshiba Corporation May 2018 Science and Technology Advisor to the Cabinet Office (to present) Reasons for Appointment Mr. Akira Sudo has a wealth of experience and profound insight concerning corporate management, especially in the R&D field, gained through his many years of service at a company which operates globally and has advanced technology. He has been appropriately overseeing management as an Outside Director. Therefore, he has been selected as an Outside Director with the expectation that he will continue to oversee management and give advice leveraging his wealth of experience and profound insight mainly concerning the R&D field so that the Company will achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.
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Outside Director (Independent Director)
Naoko Yamazaki
April 1996 Joined the National Space Development Agency of Japan (currently Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA))
(retired in August 2011)April 2010 Crew Member of Space Shuttle Discovery as Mission Specialist, participated in Construction and Supply for the ISS September 2011 Honorary Chairperson, the National Soroban Education Association (to present) April 2012 Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University (to present) July 2012 Member, Committee on National Space Policy, the Cabinet Office (to present) May 2013 Visiting Professor, Joshibi University of Art and Design (to present) July 2015 Director, Japanese Rocket Society (to present) and Chairperson of Sorajo Committee (to present) March 2016 Outside Director, Nabtesco Corporation September 2017 Outside Director, Optorun Co., Ltd. (to present) April 2018 Director, Kitakamakura Joshi Gakuen (to present) June 2018 Outside Director, Topcon Corporation (to present) July 2018 Representative Director, Space Port Japan Association (to present) May 2019 Director, Sora Tourism Promotion Council (to present) June 2019 Director, Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum (to present) June 2020 Outside Director, FANUC CORPORATION (to present) June 2021 Representative Director, Young Astronauts Club - Japan (to present) August 2021 Director, ARIGATO Foundation (to present) October 2022 Project Professor, Keio University Global Research Institute (to present) Reasons for Appointment Ms. Naoko Yamazaki has a wealth of experience and profound insight about the science and technology field and risk management. She has been engaged in cutting-edge aerospace engineering. As an astronaut, she was a crewmember of Space Shuttle Discovery as Mission Specialist and participated in the construction and supply of ISS and has experience in conducting crisis management in the harsh, resource-limited environment of spacecraft. She has been appropriately overseeing management as an Outside Director. Therefore, she has been selected as an Outside Director in the expectation that she will continue to oversee management and give advice leveraging her wealth of experience and profound insight mainly concerning the science and technology field and risk management so that the Company, which operates globally and has advanced technology related to space such as GPS, will achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.
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Outside Director (Independent Director)
Yoshiharu Inaba
April 1973 Joined Isuzu Motors Limited September 1983 Joined FANUC CORPORATION June 1989 Director, FANUC CORPORATION June 1992 Senior Vice President (Director), FANUC CORPORATION June 1995 Executive Vice President (Director), FANUC CORPORATION May 2001 Senior Executive Vice President (Representative Director), FANUC CORPORATION June 2003 President and CEO (Representative Director), FANUC CORPORATION June 2016 Chairman and CEO (Representative Director), FANUC CORPORATION April 2019 Chairman (Representative Director), FANUC CORPORATION (to present) June 2020 Outside Director, Topcon Corporation (to present) Reasons for Appointment Mr. Yoshiharu Inaba has a wealth of experience and profound insight concerning corporate management gained through his many years of service in senior management of a company which operates globally and is a pioneer in the factory automation revolution, and has been appropriately overseeing management as an Outside Director. Therefore, he has been selected as an Outside Director with the expectation that he will continue to oversee management and give advice leveraging his wealth of experience and profound insight mainly concerning corporate management and automation technology so that the Company will achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.
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Outside Director (Independent Director)
Naoki Hidaka
April 1976 Joined SUMITOMO CORPORATION April 2001 General Manager, Chicago Branch, Sumitomo Corporation of U.S.A. April 2007 Executive Officer, General Manager of Metal Products for Automotive Industry Division, SUMITOMO CORPORATION April 2009 Managing Executive Officer, Head of Chubu Block, SUMITOMO CORPORATION April 2012 Senior Managing Executive Officer, Head of Kansai Block, SUMITOMO CORPORATION June 2013 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and General Manager, Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit, SUMITOMO CORPORATION April 2015 Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Executive Officer, and General Manager, Transportation & Construction Systems Business Unit, SUMITOMO CORPORATION June 2018 Special Adviser, SUMITOMO CORPORATION June 2019 Adviser, SUMITOMO CORPORATION June 2020 Outside Director, BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD. (to present) March 2021 Outside Director, Nabtesco Corporation (to present) June 2022 Outside Director, Topcon Corporation (to present) Reasons for Appointment Mr. Naoki Hidaka has a wealth of experience and profound insight concerning corporate management and overseas business, gained through his many years of service as a Representative Director of a company which operates globally in a wide range of industries and involvement in overseas operations, and has been appropriately overseeing management as an Outside Director. Therefore, he has been selected as an Outside Director with the expectation that he will continue to oversee management and give advice leveraging his wealth of experience and profound insight mainly concerning corporate management and overseas business so that the Company will achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.
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Outside Director (Independent Director)
Katsuhiro Teramoto
April 1979 Joined Kobe Steel, Ltd. April 2007 Joined Nabtesco Corporation June 2009 General Manager, Planning Department, Accessibility Innovations Company, Nabtesco Corporation June 2011 Executive Officer, Nabtesco Corporation August 2012 Vice President and General Manager, Planning Department, Accessibility Innovations Company, Nabtesco Corporation February 2013 Deputy Senior General Manager, Corporate Planning Division and General Manager, Corporate Planning Department, Nabtesco Corporation June 2015 Representative Director, Managing Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Nabtesco Corporation March 2017 Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nabtesco Corporation March 2022 Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Nabtesco Corporation March 2023 Director, Chairman of the Board, Nabtesco Corporation
(to present)June 2023 Outside Director, Topcon Corporation (to present) Reasons for Appointment Mr. Katsuhiro Teramoto has a wealth of experience and profound insight concerning corporate management and overseas business, gained through his many years of service leading the management of a company which operates globally with advanced technology. Therefore, he has been selected as an Outside Director with the expectation that he will oversee management and give advice leveraging his wealth of experience and profound insight mainly concerning corporate management so that the Company will achieve sustainable enhancement of corporate value.
