Eckrodt becomes 1st foreigner in all-Mitsubishi group meeting

Eckrodt becomes 1st foreigner in all-Mitsubishi group meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Rolf Eckrodt, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., became the first non-Japanese attendant at the monthly luncheon of the Mitsubishi group companies' leaders in Tokyo on July 12. His presence apparently indicates that globalization has reached one of Japan's largest business groups which was created after the pre-war Mitsubishi ''zaibatsu'' was disbanded.

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