A MAN FOR ALL SEASONINGS

摘要

He's not as young as he used to be, but he still cuts a dapper figure in person. At 84, he is one of the elder statesmen of Japanese business, not merely by virtue of age, but due to the widespread respect he commands both at home and abroad. Yuzaburo Mogi, the Honorary CEO and Chairman of the Board of Kikkoman Corporation, is in many ways the face of the company. Back in the early 1970s, he pushed the traditional soy sauce maker to set up a factory in the U.S.—years before Japan's giant electronics companies and automakers did the same. His strategy of local manufacturing, local sales and responding to local needs was decades ahead of its time.