Former Nippon Steel Chairman Saito dies

Former Nippon Steel Chairman Saito dies

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Saito, shown in this file photo taken in October 1995, former chairman of Nippon Steel Corp., died of a respiratory disorder at a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 6. He was 80. Saito became the company president in 1987 and served as chairman between 1993 and 1998, during which time he also worked as vice chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), a leading business lobby.

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