Japanese companies must look outside for new CEOs

NEW YORK, United States - Takeshi Niinami, chairman of convenience store operator Lawson Inc., speaks at a Japan Society event on the Japanese economy in New York, the United States, on July 23, 2014. He said his recent nomination as the first president of Suntory Holdings Ltd. outside the founding family shows that Japanese companies may need to consider corporate leaders beyond their inner circles and even outside the country. (Kyodo)

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