Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
He was the former CEO of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and was the president of the Japan Postal Agency 2003 to March 2007. He was named the honorary consul to the Republic of Mauritius in 2002, and he is a member of the Trilateral Commission. since 1998 he served as an independent non-executive director of Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.