Fox visits Matsushita Electric Industrial

Fox visits Matsushita Electric Industrial

OSAKA, Japan - Mexican President Vicente Fox (L) shakes hands with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Chairman Yoichi Morishita during a visit to the company in Osaka on Oct. 17.

LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi (standing), a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives member, addresses a group of LDP lawmakers critical of the party's tax panel at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 21. Omi said his group will compile their own tax reform plan. Seated at left is Yoichi Morishita, vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) and chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.

Conference looks at making Japanese lifestyle greener

Conference looks at making Japanese lifestyle greener

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Hikaru Nishida (C) chats with Yoichi Morishita (R), chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. at a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 16, which the government launched to look at how Japanese can change their lifestyles so that the nation can achieve a cut in greenhouse gas emissions as mandated by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. At left is Akiko Nagashima, wife of former Yomiuri Giants baseball team manager Shigeo Nagashima.

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

BEIJING, China - Yoichi Morishita, chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., tells reporters in Beijing on Feb. 7 that the company has established a research and development company in Beijing to develop advanced digital technologies for the Chinese market, such as next-generation mobile phones and digital televisions. The new company, Matsushita Research & Development (China) Co. (CMRD), will begin operating in May.

Nakamura to become president of Matsushita Electric

Nakamura to become president of Matsushita Electric

OSAKA, Japan - Kunio Nakamura (L), 60, a senior managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., meets the press at an Osaka hotel April 25 after the company said it will appoint him president to succeed Yoichi Morishita (R). Morishita, 65, will become chairman of the board with the right to represent the consumer electronics maker. The current chairman, Masaharu Matsushita, 87, will become honorary chairman.

Matsushita, Toshiba, SanDisk to tie up on memory cards

Matsushita, Toshiba, SanDisk to tie up on memory cards

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yoichi Morishita, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Eli Harali, CEO and president of SanDisk Corp., and Taizo Nishimuro, president of Toshiba Corp., shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 25. They announced the three companies will cooperate with each other in developing a next-generation secure digital (SD) memory card with a high copyright protection capability.

LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

LDP opponents of tax reform plan to produce own program

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi (standing), a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) House of Representatives member, addresses a group of LDP lawmakers critical of the party's tax panel at a Tokyo hotel Nov. 21. Omi said his group will compile their own tax reform plan. Seated at left is Yoichi Morishita, vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) and chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Kyodo)

Conference looks at making Japanese lifestyle greener

Conference looks at making Japanese lifestyle greener

TOKYO, Japan - Singer Hikaru Nishida (C) chats with Yoichi Morishita (R), chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. at a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 16, which the government launched to look at how Japanese can change their lifestyles so that the nation can achieve a cut in greenhouse gas emissions as mandated by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. At left is Akiko Nagashima, wife of former Yomiuri Giants baseball team manager Shigeo Nagashima.

Fox visits Matsushita Electric Industrial

Fox visits Matsushita Electric Industrial

OSAKA, Japan - Mexican President Vicente Fox (L) shakes hands with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Chairman Yoichi Morishita during a visit to the company in Osaka on Oct. 17. (Kyodo)

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

Matsushita launches R&D firm in China

BEIJING, China - Yoichi Morishita, chairman of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., tells reporters in Beijing on Feb. 7 that the company has established a research and development company in Beijing to develop advanced digital technologies for the Chinese market, such as next-generation mobile phones and digital televisions. The new company, Matsushita Research & Development (China) Co. (CMRD), will begin operating in May.

Nakamura to become president of Matsushita Electric

Nakamura to become president of Matsushita Electric

OSAKA, Japan - Kunio Nakamura (L), 60, a senior managing director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., meets the press at an Osaka hotel April 25 after the company said it will appoint him president to succeed Yoichi Morishita (R). Morishita, 65, will become chairman of the board with the right to represent the consumer electronics maker. The current chairman, Masaharu Matsushita, 87, will become honorary chairman.

Matsushita to focus on Internet-related sectors

Matsushita to focus on Internet-related sectors

OSAKA, Japan - Yoichi Morishita, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., speaks at a news conference Jan. 11 on his firm's business plan for fiscal 2000. He said the consumer electronics giant will focus on the Internet-related sectors in the new year.

Matsushita, Toshiba, SanDisk to tie up on memory cards

Matsushita, Toshiba, SanDisk to tie up on memory cards

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Yoichi Morishita, president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Eli Harali, CEO and president of SanDisk Corp., and Taizo Nishimuro, president of Toshiba Corp., shake hands at a news conference in a Tokyo hotel Aug. 25. They announced the three companies will cooperate with each other in developing a next-generation secure digital (SD) memory card with a high copyright protection capability.